1. Introduction -- 2. The Betel Bag: A Sack for Souls and Stories -- 3. Domesticating Animals and Wives: Women's Fables of Protest -- 4. The Royal Snake Shroud: Local Weaving and Colonial Kingship -- 5. Spindles and Spinsters: The Loss of Romantic Love -- 6. The Drum and Masculinity: A Healer's Story -- 7. Green Bottles and Green Death: Modernity and the Ephemeral -- 8. Conclusions: Stories and Objects in Lived Dualities
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [199]-210) and index