Argonauts of the Western Pacific / An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea
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Chapters (210)
- Preface
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Phonetic Note.
- List of Illustrations
- Maps
- Tables
- Figures in text
- Introduction: The Subject, Method and Scope of this Inquiry
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- VII
- VIII
- IX
- Chapter I The Country and Inhabitants of the Kula District
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- Chapter II The Natives of the Trobriand Islands
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- VII
- VIII
- Chapter III The Essentials of the Kula
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- Chapter IV Canoes and Sailing
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- Chapter V The Ceremonial Building of a Waga
- I
- II
- Vabusi Tokway Spell.
- Kaymomwa’u Spell.
- Kaygagabile Spell.
- Kapitunena Duku Spell.
- Ligogu Spell.
- III
- Wayugo Spell.
- IV
- Chapter VI Launching of a Canoe and Ceremonial Visiting—Tribal Economics in the Trobriands
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- List of Gifts, Payments, and Commercial Transactions.
- VII
- 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
- I
- II
- III
- Kadumiyala Spell.
- Bisila Spell.
- Kayikuna Veva Spell.
- Chapter IX Sailing on the Sea-Arm of Pilolu
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- Chapter X The Story of Shipwreck
- I
- II
- III
- Giyorokaywa No. 1 (Leyya Kayga’u).
- Giyorokaywa No. 2 (Pwaka Kayga’u).
- Giyotanawa No. 1 (Dakuna Kayga’u).
- Giyotanawa No. 2.
- IV
- Narrative of Shipwreck and Salvage.
- V
- Kaytaria Spell.
- Myth of Tokulubwaydoga.
- Kayga’u of Tokulubwaydoga.
- Chapter XI In the Amphletts—Sociology of the Kula
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- Chapter XII In Tewara and Sanaroa—Mythology of the Kula
- I
- The Story of Gumagabu
- The Gumagabu Song
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- II
- III
- IV
- The Myth of the Flying Canoe of Kudayuri.
- V
- The Story of Kasabwaybwayreta and Gumakarakedakeda
- VI
- VII
- VIII
- Myth of Atu’a’ine, Aturamo’a and Sinatemubadiye’i.
- Chapter XIII On the Beach of Sarubwoyna
- I
- Kaykakaya Spell
- Talo Spell
- The Spell of the Ta’uya (Conch Shell)
- II
- Kayikuna Tabuyo
- Kavalikuliku
- Kaytavilena Mwoynawaga
- III
- Ka’ubana’i
- Chapter XIV The Kula in Dobu—Technicalities of the Exchange
- I
- II
- III
- Kwoygapani Spell
- Chapter XV The Journey Home—The Fishing and Working of the Kaloma Shell
- I
- II
- III
- Account of the Kaloma Making
- IV
- Chapter XVI The Return Visit of the Dobuans to Sinaketa
- I
- Time-table of the Uvalaku Expedition, Dobu to Sinaketa, 1918
- II
- III
- Chapter XVII Magic and the Kula
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- VII
- VIII
- IX
- X
- XI
- XII
- Chapter XVIII The Power of Words in Magic—Some Linguistic Data
- I
- II
- Wayugo Spell
- III.
- IV
- V
- Rayikuna Sulumwoya (also called Sumgeyyata)
- VI
- VII
- VIII
- IX
- X
- XI
- XII
- XIII
- XIV
- XV
- The Tolabwaga Sub-Clan and Their Sea-Faring Privileges
- XVI
- XVII
- Explanation of Word Visisi’una
- Gwara in Dobu and the Ka’ubana’i Magic
- Chapter XIX The Inland Kula
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- Chapter XX Expeditions Between Kiriwina and Kitava
- I
- II
- III
- Chapter XXI The Remaining Branches and Offshoots of the Kula
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- Chapter XXII The Meaning of the Kula
- Index
- Colophon
- Availability
- Metadata
- Catalog entries
- Encoding
- Revision History
- Corrections
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