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 238
the wholecommunity. Food contests between two villages at harvest,in olden days often followed by actual fighting, are also one ofthe characteristic features which throw light on the nativesattitude towards edible wealth. In fact, one could almostspeak of a cult of food among these natives, in so… … DISPLAY OF PIGS AND YAMS AT A DISTRIBUTION (SAGALI). All food to be given away is several times displayed before, during, and afterthe ceremony. Exhibiting of food in large, prismatic receptacles (pwatai) is oneof the typical features of Trobriand custom. (See Div. IV.) PLATE XXXV
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