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

Maps

I Eastern New Guinea xxxiii

II Racial distribution in Eastern New Guinea 26

III The Kula district 30

IV The Trobriand archipelago 50

V The Kula ring 82

Tables

I Chronological list of Kula events witnessed by the writer 16

II Time-table of the uvalaku expedition, Dobu to Sinaketa, 1918 381

III Table of Kula magic and of the corresponding activities 415–418

Figures in text

I Diagram of canoe stability and construction 109

II Diagrammatic sections of canoes 111

Map I—The native names and their spelling on this and the following map conform to the traditional nomenclature to be found on charts and old maps. Maps III–V show, the native names as ascertained by myself and phonetically spelled.