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 239
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… … SCENE IN THE WASI (CEREMONIAL EXCHANGE OF VEGETABLESFOR FISH). The inland party have brought their yams by boat to the village of Oburaku,which is practically inaccessible by land. They are putting up the vegetablesinto square, wooden crates in order to carry them ceremonially and to place…
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