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Hutchins, Edwin Hutchins, Dona
Description
Lakedadauya, owner of this canoe is seated in the background. He is a prominent magician in Wawela village. Wawela is one of the few villages on Kiriwina that has an unobstructed view of the eastern horizon. Lakedadauya keeps the Trobriand calendar, identifying the seasons by the pre-dawn rising of particular stars. His name identifies him as a voyager. La (his) keda (road) dauya (the channel between Kiriwina and Kitava Islands). The canoe name, Kaireyewa, contains the root 'yewa' for somersault or roll around. Kaireyewa probably translates as "the roller", rolling being something a canoe does in heavy seas. UC San Diego Library, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0175 (https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/contact) Private collection of E. Hutchins, Sleeve 40, Slide 19 Development stamp on slide: May 76H6.
Type
image
Format
35mm color slide
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb7714960b
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Canoes Painting Kula exchange Sculpture Trobriand Islanders Kiriwinian language Wood-carving Melanesia Pacific Islands Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea) Milne Bay Province (Papua New Guinea) Oceania
Place
Melanesia Pacific Islands Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea) Milne Bay Province (Papua New Guinea) Oceania
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