The art of Kula
By: Shirley F. Campbell.
Publisher: Berg; Routledge
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
Subjects: Ethnology -- Papua New Guinea -- Trobriand Islands; Kula exchange; Wood-carving, Papuan -- Papua New Guinea -- Trobriand Islands; Sex role -- Papua New Guinea -- Trobriand Islands; Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea) -- Social life and customs
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: In the beginning. `Before, there was nothing' -- Craftsmen and artists -- 	The making of a carver -- The art. The Kabitam form -- The Kabitam `animals' -- The Kabitam colours -- The meaning of Kabitam -- Kula. The rituals of Kula -- Women of the land, men of the sea -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Glossary.