Argonauts of the western Pacific; an account of native enterprise and adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea. With a pref. by Sir James George Frazer (1922)
the other, the native ship-builders have coped with the difficulties before them. A sailing craft requires a water-tight, immersible vessel of some considerable volume. This is supplied to our natives by a hollow^d-out log. Such a log might carry fairly heavy loads, for wood is light, and the… … Figure I — Diagram showing in transversal section some principles of canoe stability and construction. the middle, that is, distributed symmetrically, will not upset the equilibrium, but any load placed so as to produce a momentum of rotation (that is, a turning force) at the sides (as indicated by…
Ethnology -- New Guinea · Barter · Folklore -- New Guinea · Magic · Trobriand Islands
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