Simeon Kills Shooting a Pig with an Arrow

Rank-takers most often dispatch the pigs on their 'mwele' or 10 stakes with the blunt end of an ax. Killing a pig with a bow and arrow is an alternative method. This is done only under particular circumstances, and signifies closeness between the donor and the rank-taker.

• September 14, 1978

• Critchlow, Margaret
• Rodman, William L.

Folder: 1978-Series3 / File: 78 Simeon Kills 3 - Shooting a Pig with an Arrow

• Rank-taking

• East Ambae Island (Vanuatu)
• Longana village (Vanuatu)
• Melanesia
• Nainvele
• Oceania
• Pacific Islands

• Bow and arrow
• Pigs
• Sponsors

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• No linguistic content; Not applicable

Shared Shelf: 24356980

Online finding aid

• Margaret Critchlow and William Rodman Papers
• Margaret Critchlow Papers

• Critchlow, Margaret
• Rodman, William L.

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