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 171
uld interfere with the wieldiness of the canoe. Any force acting on the log would easily tip the canoe, and as the natives, in order to manage the craft, have to walk upon the outrigger, the distance B — C must not be too great. In the Trobriands the distance B — C is about one-quarter, or less, of… … Figure II — Diagrammatic sections of the three typesof Trobriand Canoe (i) Kewo'u (2) Kalipoulo (3) Masawa (iii) The size of the log ( C ) of which the float is formed. This, in sea-going canoes, is usually of considerable dimensions. But, as a solid piece of wood becomes heavy if soaked by water,…
Barter · Ethnology · Folklore · Kula exchange · Magic · Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea) · New Guinea
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