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)
Plate XXX -r^N^" %- 1^ LAUNCHING OF A CANOE Nigada Bu'a after its renovation, being pushed into the water. (See p. 147.) Plate XXXI … THE TASASORIA ON THE BEACH OF KAULUKUBA Stepping the masts and getting the sails ready for the run. In the foreground, To'uluwa, the chief of Kiriwina, standing at the mast, supervises the riggingof Nigada Bu'a. (See p. 154.)
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