Author: KRAYER VAN AALST, H.,
Title: Liefde-Macht. Een schets uit het zendings-leven onder de Alfoeren van West-Seram. [Eerste druk/first edition].
Description: 's-Gravenhage, [..], 1916. Small 8°, orig. dec. cloth (motive of Kakean-rite style), 81pp., 4 photo plates, head-&-tail pieces after Alfurese sacred motifs. BUUR, PD, 801; RUINEN, A 130. Impressions by a protestant assistant-minister, who worked on Seram from 1897-1913, of daily life in the Christian Alune & Wemale villages of West-Seram. Subjects touched upon are the progress of Christianization, tours of duty from Piru to the North Coast of Seram, illnes & health, spirit belief, head-hunting & the Kakean Society & the impact on the Alfurese; marriage-arrangements, & the relationship between men & women. Emphasis has been placed upon the conflict between traditonal customs & beliefs & new, christian elements. (Polman, Centr. Moluccas, op.cit.).

Keywords: moluccas/Ceram/mission/Alfurese