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 215
A CHIEFS YAM HOUSE IN KASANAI. This illustrates the display of yams in the interstices between the logs of thewell, and the decorations of cocoanuts, running round the gable, along the sup-ports and the walls. This yam house was quite recently put up and its bargeboards had not yet been erected.… … FILLING A YAM HOUSE IN YALUMUGWA The yams are taken from the conical heaps and put into the bwayma (store houses)by the brother-in-law (wifes brother) of the owner. Note the decorations onthe gable—the owner being a gumguyau (chief of lower rank). See Div. IV. TRIBAL ECONOMICS IN THE TROBRIANDS 149…
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