Argonauts of the Western Pacific / An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea

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Preface

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Phonetic Note.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents (2)

List of Illustrations

Introduction: The Subject, Method and Scope of this Inquiry

Chapter I

The Country and Inhabitants of the Kula District

Chapter II

The Natives of the Trobriand Islands

Chapter III

The Essentials of the Kula

Chapter IV

Canoes and Sailing

Chapter V

The Ceremonial Building of a Waga

Vabusi Tokway Spell.

Kaymomwa'u Spell.

Kaygagabile Spell.

Kapitunena Duku Spell.

Ligogu Spell.

Wayugo Spell.

Chapter VI

Launching of a Canoe and Ceremonial Visiting Tribal Economics in the Trobriands

Chapter VII

The Departure of an Overseas Expedition

Yawarapu Spell.

Sulumwoya Spell. 1

Kaymwaloyo Spell.

Lilava Spell.

Gebobo Spell.

Chapter VIII

The First Halt of the Fleet on Muwa

Kadumiyala Spell.

Bisila Spell.

Kayikuna Veva Spell.

Chapter IX

Sailing on the Sea-Arm of Pilolu

Chapter X

The Story of Shipwreck

Giyorokaywa No. 1 (Leyya Kayga'u).

Giyorokaywa No. 2 (Pwaka Kayga'u).

Giyotanawa No. 1 (Dakuna Kayga'u).

Giyotanawa No. 2.

Narrative of Shipwreck and Salvage.

Kaytaria Spell.

Myth of Tokulubwaydoga.

Kayga'u of Tokulubwaydoga.

Chapter XI

In the Amphletts Sociology of the Kula

Chapter XII

In Tewara and Sanaroa Mythology of the Kula

The Story of Gumagabu

The Myth of the Flying Canoe of Kudayuri.

The Story of Kasabwaybwayreta and Gumakarakedakeda

Myth of Atu'a'ine, Aturamo'a and Sinatemubadiye'i.

Chapter XIII

On the Beach of Sarubwoyna

Kaykakaya Spell

Talo Spell

The Spell of the Ta'uya (Conch Shell)

Kayikuna Tabuyo

Kavalikuliku

Kaytavilena Mwoynawaga

Ka'ubana'i

Chapter XIV

The Kula in Dobu Technicalities of the Exchange

Kwoygapani Spell

Chapter XV

The Journey Home The Fishing and Working of the Kaloma Shell

Account of the Kaloma Making

Chapter XVI

The Return Visit of the Dobuans to Sinaketa

Chapter XVII

Magic and the Kula

Chapter XVIII

The Power of Words in Magic Some Linguistic Data

Wayugo Spell (2)

Rayikuna Sulumwoya (also called Sumgeyyata)

The Tolabwaga Sub-Clan and Their Sea-Faring Privileges

Explanation of Word Visisi'una

Gwara in Dobu and the Ka'ubana'i Magic

Chapter XIX

The Inland Kula

Chapter XX

Expeditions Between Kiriwina and Kitava

Chapter XXI

The Remaining Branches and Offshoots of the Kula

Chapter XXII

The Meaning of the Kula

Index

Colophon Availability

A Ceremonial Act of the Kula

A Ceremonial Act of the Kula

Argonauts of the Western Pacific

An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea
With 5 Maps, 65 Illustrations, and 2 Figures,
London: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd.
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co.
1922

To
my friend and teacher
Professor C. G. Seligman, F.R.S.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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