Argonauts of the western Pacific; an account of native enterprise and adventure in the archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea (1922)
Malinowski, Bronislaw, 1884-1942 · London, G. Routledge & Sons, ltd.; New York, E.P. Dutton & Co. · leaf 133
Oh … Chapter III THE ESSENTIALS OF THE KULA IHaving thus described the scene, and the actors, let us nowproceed to the performance. The Kula is a form of exchange,of extensive, inter-tribal character ; it is carried on by com-munities inhabiting a wide ring of islands, which form aclosed circuit. This…
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