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 172
of a number of men, combined with theparamount right and title of one. There is a good deal offishing magic, taboos and customs connected with the construc-tion of these canoes, and also with their use, and they form thesubject of a number of minor myths. By far the most elaborate technically, the…
Ethnology · Barter · Folklore · Magic
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