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
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 … COMMUNAL COOKING OF MONA (TARO DUMPLINGS). Large claypots, imported from the Amphletts, are used for the purpose ; inthese, coconut oil is brought to a boil, pieces of pounded taro being thrown inafterwards, while a man stirs the contents with a long, decorated, wooden ladle. [face p. 171 PLATE…
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