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 135
, receivethe goods, hold them for a short time, and then pass them on. vTherefore every man who is in the Kula, periodically thoughnot regularly, receives one or several mwali (arm-shells), or asoulava (necklace of red shell discs), and then has to hand iton to one of his partners, from whom he… … *A\nc\0* THE ESSENTIALS OF THE KULA 83 once in the Kula, always in the Kula, and a partnershipbetween two men is a permanent and lifelong affair. Again,any given mwali or soulava may always be found travellingand changing hands, and there is no question of its ever settlingdown, so that the…
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