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Kitawa: a linguistic and aesthetic analysis of visual art in Melanesia
Mouton de Gruyter • Berlin • Published In 1989 • Pages: viii, 457
By: Scoditti, Giancarlo M. G..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Scoditti presents a formal analysis of the symbolism of the designs carved on the prowboards (LAGIMU and TABUYA) of Kula canoes on Kitava Island. Much of the data come from three primary informants who were skilled carvers -- Towitara Buyoyu, Siyakwakwa Teite, and Tonori Kiririyei. These data were gathered by the author through a series of lengthy interviews with the informants in what he terms 'aesthetic conversations.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Interviewing in research
- Vocabulary
- Woodworking
- Boats
- Decorative art
- Representative art
- Literary texts
- Status, role, and prestige
- Magic
- Transmission of skills
- 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
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- June 1973-Aug. 1974; June 1976-Nov. 1976 [p.6]
- 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)
- Kitava Island, Papua New Guinea
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Giancarlo M. G. Scoditti
- The text of 'aesthetic conversations,' followed by English translations, were indexed for TEXTS (539,) on pp. 211-369.
- Figures containing diagrams and photographs were indexed for Woodworking (322), Representative Art (532), and Decorative Art (531), pp. 387-434
- Includes index.|Bibliography: p. [439]-447
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 89003216
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Trobriand Islanders