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War and weapons among the natives of the Trobriand Islands

Man • 20 (5) • Published In 1920 • Pages: 10-12

By: Malinowski, Bronislaw.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document

This article is concerned with warfare and weapons of the Trobriand Islanders, and in particular of the main island, Bwoiowa (Boyowa or Kiriwina), a number of whose districts were at war with each other before the British took control. Malinowski discusses the motives, actual warfare, aftermath of combat, weapons and war magic, as well as the 'ceremonial' role of carved and decorated weapons.

SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF

Weapons

War

cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)

Trobriands

HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document

1995

RegionThe area the document pertains to

Oceania

Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region

Melanesia

Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs

article

Evaluation

Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.

Ethnologist

AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection

Eugene Lerner

Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document

1915-1916

Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to

not specified

Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)

Kiriwina Island, Papua New Guinea

NotesAdditional notes

[by] Bronislaw Malinowski

LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number

sf 80000548

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Trobriand Islanders