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A Vakutan mortuary cycleessay 1989 • Campbell, Shirley
Trobriands • Oceania > Melanesia
This is an analysis of the Vakutan mortuary cycle. These data on Vakuta Island are compared to similar mortuary customs and practices on Kiriwina Island as observed by Annette Weiner during her work on the island in 1971-1972 (see 25: Weiner, this fi...Kula in Vakutaessay 1983 • Campbell, Shirley F.
Trobriands • Oceania > Melanesia
Campbell describes details of the operation of Kula transactions on Vakuta Island which seem to indicate a somewhat different picture than that of the 'simple exchange' mentioned by Malinowski in his 'Argonauts of the western Pacific' (1: Malinowski)...Attaining rankessay 1983 • Campbell, Shirley F.
Trobriands • Oceania > Melanesia
Based on data obtained from field work on Vakuta Island, this article presents information on the criteria used in classifying Kula shells, how these shells are arranged into ranking categories (according to well-defined features such as age and colo...