Land litigation meeting: Mogiovyeka, Tovalugwa and others, including anthropologist Edwin Hutchins who makes recording

Published in: Culture and Inference: A Trobriand Case Study by Edwin Hutchins, on p. 63 with caption, "A scene from Trobriand land litigation; the author makes a stereophonic tape recording of the proceedings while a litigant states his claim and villagers listen." The man standing in the light colored long-sleeved shirt is Mogiovyeka, behind Mogiovyeka seated in a white singlet is Tovalugwa, a respected village leader.

• 1975-1976

• Hutchins, Dona

Private collection of E. Hutchins, Envelope 55, Roll 9, Image 12

35mm black and white negative

Meeting is taking place under the village chief's house in Tukwaukwa.

• Melanesia
• Milne Bay Province (Papua New Guinea)
• Oceania
• Pacific Islands
• Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea)

• Hutchins, Edwin

• Anthropologists
• Courts
• Dwellings
• Land tenure
• Meetings
• Men
• Trobriand Islanders

• image

• No linguistic content; Not applicable

• Hutchins, Dona
• Hutchins, Edwin

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2021-11-17