Canoes: carved and painted prowboard and splashboard on a kula canoe owned by Lakedadauya of Wawela village

Lakedadauya, owner of this canoe 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).

• 1976

• Hutchins, Dona
• Hutchins, Edwin

Private collection of E. Hutchins, Sleeve 40, Slide 18

35mm color slide

Development stamp on slide: May 76H6.

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

• Canoes
• Kula exchange
• Painting
• Sculpture
• Trobriand Islanders
• Wood-carving

• image

• No linguistic content; Not applicable

• Hutchins, Dona
• Hutchins, Edwin

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2021-11-17