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A dart match in Tikopia
Oceania • 1 (1) • Published In 1930 • Pages: 64-96
By: Firth, Raymond.
Abstract
In this article Firth discusses the actual throwing techniques employed in the dart match, the methods of scoring, the ceremonies performed to obtain victory, the songs composed on victory or defeat, and the importance of the sport itself and the function it performs.
- HRAF PubDate
- 1995
- Region
- Oceania
- Sub Region
- Polynesia
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Alice McCloskey
- Field Date
- 1928-1929
- Coverage Date
- not specified
- Coverage Place
- Tikopia Island, Solomon Islands
- Notes
- [by] Raymond Firth
- LCSH
- Tikopia (Solomon Islands peoples)