Massim: Trobriand Islands and Kula exchange (Art-Pacific.com: …
WEBPhoto and information courtesy of a private collection. Other motifs include bands of zigzags and stylized birds, fish and animals, as well as some 3-dimensional carving of human figures. Shell discs, cowries, and tassels of seeds …
Massim Art and Artifacts - new guinea tribal arts
WEBThe Trobriand Islands had a mission run cottage industry producing carvings by 1900. They did some figures but made a lot of stools bowls and pig sculptures. Stools and bowls and pieces obviously made for a tourist market do …
The Elaborate Yam Houses of the Trobriand Islands
WEBJun 17, 2019 · With any luck, next year will bring heavier rainfalls and a proper Milamala, with feasts, elated nights of kalibom, and yam houses full to the brim with ripe teytu and colossal kuvi. But, as ...
Trobriand Islands – A unique culture - Paga
WEBDec 21, 2015 · Trobriand Islands are well known for their exquisite carvings made from local timbers including the much sought after ebony. There are also war relics, stretches of white sandy beaches and coral filled offshore islands …
dish; bowl | British Museum
WEBThis collection (2012,2037) was collected by Dr Bronislaw Malinowski during his expeditions to the Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, 1915-16 and 1917-18 . This collection complements the existing British Museum Malinowski collection of almost 700 objects from the Trobriand Islands.
Trobriand people - Wikipedia
WEBWood carving of a traditional yam store in the Trobriand Islands. At the beginning of the yam harvest, the yams stay on display in gardens for about a month before the gardener takes them to the owner. The owner is always a woman. There is …
Malinowski, the Trobriand people and the Kula - Anthropology …
WEBMay 4, 2023 · The Trobriands are an archipelago of islands on the south-eastern side of Papua New Guinea. The Trobriand islanders participate actively in a “human social institution” (Malinowski, 1922) called the kula, a complex system of exchange based on magical beliefs, traditions, duties and obligations.
Splash of Color: Massim Canoe Prow Boards - Bowers Museum
WEBDec 6, 2018 · Splashboards from the Trobriand Islands tend to have downward curving volutes framing a crown with one or two stylized figures in its center, as can be seen in two of this post’s examples.
canoe - British Museum
WEBThis splashboard was probably used in the kula trade, a complex network of exchanges that have been taking place in the Trobriand Islands for centuries. The complexity of canoe carvings is intented to intimidate and mesmerize potential trading partners.
Shield – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
WEBThe art of the Trobriand Islands is mostly two-dimensional, with painted or carved designs often covering an object's entire surface. The patterns on all Trobriand shields are similar and have specific meanings.
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