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
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… … VAVA, DIRECT BARTER OF VEGETABLES FOR FISH. In the picture, the inland natives exchange bundles of taro directly for fish,without observing the rites and ceremonies obligatory in a wasi. (See Div. VI.) TRIBAL ECONOMICS IN THE TROBRIANDS 171 pots. The wooden dishes on which the natives serve…
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