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Title
Canoe-building: men work together to pull the roughly shaped canoe from forest, using long vine 'duku
Creator
Hutchins, Dona
Hutchins, Edwin
Date Created and/or Issued
1976
Contributing Institution
UC San Diego, The UC San Diego Library
Collection
Edwin Hutchins and Dona Hutchins Collection
Rights Information
Under copyright
Constraint(s) on Use: This work is protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Use of this work beyond that allowed by "fair use" requires written permission of the copyright holder(s). Responsibility for obtaining permissions and any use and distribution of this work rests exclusively with the user and not the UC San Diego Library. Inquiries can be made to the UC San Diego Library program having custody of the work.
Use: This work is available from the UC San Diego Library. This digital copy of the work is intended to support research, teaching, and private study.
Rights Holder and Contact
Hutchins, Edwin
Hutchins, Dona
Description
A path has been cut through the forest and paved with horizontal logs 'bilabala'. Men pull the roughly shaped canoe along the path by hauling on a long vine 'duku'
UC San Diego Library, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0175 (https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/contact)
Private collection of E. Hutchins, Sleeve 46, Slide 6
Development stamp on slide: Jun76H6.
Type
image
Format
35mm color slide
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb66569313
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Boatbuilding
Trobriand Islanders
Men
Canoes
Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea)
Pacific Islands
Milne Bay Province (Papua New Guinea)
Oceania
Melanesia
Place
Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea)
Pacific Islands
Milne Bay Province (Papua New Guinea)
Oceania
Melanesia

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