List of Illustrations

A ceremonial act of the kula

Frontispiece

Plate

Facing page

I

The ethnographer’s tent on the beach of Nu’agasi

6

II

The chief’s lisiga (personal hut) in Omarakana

6

III

Street of Kasana’i (in Kiriwina, Trobriand Island)

7

IV

Scene in Yourawotu (Trobriands)

7

V

Scenes on the beach of Silosilo (Southern Massim district)

33

VI

Village scenes during a so’i feast

37

VII

In the Amphletts

46

VIII

Group of natives in the village of Tukwa’ukwa

48

IX

Men of rank from Kiriwina

49

X

Fishermen from Teyava

49

XI

A typical nakubukwabuya (unmarried woman)

52

XII

Boyowan girls

53

XIII

Kaydebu dance

56

XIV

Dancers in full decoration

57

XV

A family group

72

XVI

Armshells

80

XVII

Two men wearing armshells

81

XVIII

Two necklaces, made of red spondylus discs

88

XIX

Two women adorned with necklaces

89

XX

A Kula gathering on the beach of Sinaketa

98

XXI

A masawa canoe

106

XXII

Putting a canoe into its hangar

106

XXIII

Canoe under sail

107

XXIV

The fishing canoe ( kalipoulo )

112

XXV

The dug-out in the village

124

XXVI

Carving a tabuyo

125

XXVII

Construction of a waga

138

XXVIII

Sail making

139

XXIX

Rolls of dried pandanus leaf

139

XXX

Launching of a canoe

148

XXXI

The tasasoria on the beach of Kaulukuba

148

XXXII

A chief’s yam-house in Kasana’i

149

XXXIII

Filling a yam-house in Yalumugwa

149

XXIV

Display of pigs and yams at a distribution ( sagali )

170

XXXV

Communal cooking of mona (taro dumplings)

170

XXXVI

Scene in the wasi (ceremonial exchange of vegetables for fish)

171

XXXVII

Vava , direct barter of vegetables for fish

171

XXXVIII

Koutau’ya, one of the chiefs of Sinaketa

196

XXXIX

A loaded canoe

197

XL

A waga sailing on a Kula expedition

224

XLI

The rigging of a canoe

225

XLII

Scenery in the Amphletts

268

XLIII

Landing in the main village of Gumasila

269

XLIV

Technology of pot-making (I)

284

XLV

Technology of pot-making (II)

285

XLVI

Fine specimens of Amphlett pots

288

XLVII

A canoe in Gumasila loading pots

289

XLVIII

A Kula fleet halting to perform the final rites of mwasila

334

XLIX

The beauty magic of the mwasila

335

L (A)

Working the kaloma shell (I)

370

L (B)

working the kaloma shell (II)

371

LI

Working the kaloma shell (III)

372

LII

Working the kaloma shell (IV)

373

LIII

On the beach of Nabwageta

376

LIV

The Dobuan canoes pulled up on Sinaketa beach

388

LV

Some canoes moored on the shallow lagoon near the shore

388

LVI

Dobuan visitors in Sinaketa

389

LVII

A magical spell associated with pregnancy

406

LVIII

A rite of war magic

406

LIX

A rite of garden magic

407

LX

Armshells brought from Kitava

470

LXI

Bringing in a soulava

471

LXII

Offering the soulava

471

LXIII

Ceremonial destruction during a so’i feast

486

LXIV

Nagega canoe

496

LXV

A corpse covered with valuables

512