Title/Reference:
“Armshells brought from Kitava.”
Author: Bronislaw Malinowski
Image No.: 7853
Code No.: E06VIII24Malinowski-pl60
Approx. shoot date:
October, 1915
Date uploaded:
August 29, 2006
Orig. File Size: 92.8 MB
Original Media: Printout
Filed under:
Material culture People Men Printout 50-100 MB 1910-1920 Papua New Guinea Other authors
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Place |
Papua New Guinea - Trobriand Islands. Omarakana.
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Description |
The caption of this image in Malinowski's "Argonauts" reads: "The personal share of To'uluwa from the haul of armshells brought to Omarakana in October, 1915."
To'uluwa was the chief of Omarakana (Trobriand Islands), during the time the anthropologist was doing his fieldwork in the area. In the picture, two unidentified traders carry the armshells that were destined to the chief, as a norm of the Kula system, or trade of socially important objects between people from distant places.
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