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Trobriand Island clans and chiefs

Man • 56 • Published In 1956 • Pages: 164

By: Watson, Lepani.

Abstract
This brief article consists of a typescript handed to Murray Groves, an Oxford anthropologist, in Port Moresby in 1955 by Watson, who was a native Trobriand Islander. The manuscript consists of a ranking of the kinds of chiefs, with their titles, a short discussion of their 'decorations,' and a statement of the reason why chiefs are polygynous.
Subjects
Status, role, and prestige
Polygamy
Clans
Community heads
culture
Trobriands
HRAF PubDate
1995
Region
Oceania
Sub Region
Melanesia
Document Type
article
Evaluation
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Timothy J. O'Leary
Field Date
no date
Coverage Date
not specified
Coverage Place
Papua New Guinea
Notes
[by] Lepani Watson
LCCN
sf 80000548
LCSH
Trobriand Islanders