Book
Argonauts of the western Pacific: an account of native enterprise and adventure in the archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea
George Routledge & Sons, Ltd. • London • Published In 1922 • Pages:
By: Malinowski, Bronislaw.
Abstract
The Kula, a system of ceremonial exchange in the Massim region of Papua New Guinea, is the subject of this monograph. Malinowski describes the ethnography of the entire Massim region (of which the Trobriands are only a part), religion and magic in the Trobriands (especially in connection with the Kula), precise rules and aspects of the Kula, construction and navigation of different types of canoes, different kinds of Kula expeditions, mythology of the Kula, the articles used in the Kula exchange, and linguistic aspects of Kula magic.
- HRAF PubDate
- 1995
- Region
- Oceania
- Sub Region
- Melanesia
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Eugene Lerner
- Field Date
- 1914-1920
- Coverage Date
- 1914-1920
- Coverage Place
- Papua New Guinea
- Notes
- [by] Bronislaw Malinowski
- Includes index and bibliographical references
- LCSH
- Trobriand Islanders