Dabwana, see Dogina
Dangers of sailing, real, [22], [222] [228]; legendary, [221]; [232]–[236] [291]–[297]. (See Shipwreck)
Dates, fixing of, [271]; [380], [382]. (See Synchronising events)
Departure, overseas, Ch. VII; from Sinaketa, [205], [206]; of Kula parties from the Amphletts, [290]; from Dobu, [365]; of Dobuan fleet from the Amphletts, [384], [385]
Distributions, ceremonial. (See Eguya’i, Madare, Sagali, So’i)
District of the Kula, Ch. I; sub-divisions of, [29]–[33]
Dobu, district of, [38]–[40]; tribe of, [39]–[43]; appearance of, [40]; customs of, [41]–[43]; Kula in, Ch. XIV; Kula expeditions from, Ch. XVI
Doga, circular boars’ tusk, exchanged in the Kula, [357]
Dogina, conclusion of magical spells, [433]; phonetic characteristics of, [447]
Economics of primitive man, [60]; [85]; [96]–[98], [167]–[176]. (See Value)
Eguya’i, distribution of food in Dobu, [378]
Evolution, absence of idea of, [301]
Field work, first experiences of, [4]–[6]; proper conditions for, [6]–[8]. (See Method)
Flying canoe, myth of. (See Kudayuri; Mulukwausi and the flying of canoes)
Foodstuffs, psychology of relation to, in the Trobriands, [168]–[172], (See Sagali)
Frazer, Sir James, distinction between religion and magic, [73]n; on the psychological principle of magic, [338]n; concept of totem, [514]
Gardens and Magic, in the Trobriands, [59], [60]
Gardiner, A. H., on linguistic methods, [24]n
Gebobo, main compartment of a canoe, [204]; magic of; [205]
Gere’u, Kultur-hero, [307]
Gifts. (See Give and Take)
Gilmour, Rev. M., on Trobriand trade, [500]n, [501]n
Gimwali (trade) [96]; [189]–[191]; [362]–[364]
Give and Take, in Trobriand tribal life, [167]; psychology of, [173]–[176]; list of gifts, [176]–[191]; sociology of, [191]–[194]; in Kaloma industry [372]–[374]. (See Basi-, Gimwali Kaributu, Kinship and Presents; Korolomna; Kudu; Kwaypolu; Kula; Laga; Mapula; Pari Pokala; Puwaya; Talo’i; Trade; Vata’i; Wasi)
Gora, mortuary taboo, [489]
Gumagabu, legend and song of, [292]–[297]
Gwara, taboo in Dobu, [346], [347]; [350]
Haddon, A. C., advance in method by, [311]; on racial divisions in New Guinea, [28]; on migrations of cultures, ibid, n
Historical changes, [145]; [288], [289], [321]
Historical perspective, lack of, [300]
Hubert, H. and the concept of mama, [514]
Inland, Kula, Ch. XIX; in the Trobriands, [464]–[477]; in the other districts, [477]
Institutions, study of, [11]–[15]. (See Method)
Intertribal relations, how news spread in, [379]–[382]
Jenness, D. and Ballantyne A., quoted [43]; on missionary feats, [467]n.
Kabigidoya, ceremonial presentation of a canoe, [163]–[166]; [184]
Kalipoulo, fishing canoe, [112]
Kaloma (spondylus shell), fishing and working of, Ch. XV; distribution of manufacture of, [367]; mythology of, [367], [368]; magic of, [369]–[371]; ceremonial fishing for, [370]; manufacturing of, [371]–[374]
Kaributu, sollicitory gifts in the Kula, [99]; [354]; [358].
Kariyala, magical portent, of wayugo [320]; [422]
Kasabwaybwayreta, Kultur-hero of the Kula, [322]–[326]
Katudababile, necklace, exchanged in the Kula, [358]
Katuyausi, fornicating expeditions, in the Trobriands, [55]
Ka’ubana’i, safety magic, [345]–[349]; absent on expeditions to Kitava, [478]
Kayga’u, magic of fog, [245]–[266]; myth about origin of, [262]–[264]
Kaytalugi and Kokopawa, mythical countries, [223], [224]
Kaytaria, magic of rescue, [261], [262] Kewo’u, small canoe, [112]
Kinship, in the Trobriands, [7] [1], [72] kinship and presents, [177]–[186], [191]–[193]
Kitava, Kula in, Ch. XX; privileged position in the ring, [488]
Kiriwina, Kula expeditions from K. to Kitava, Ch. XX
Korotomna, secondary gift, [355]
Kudayuri myth of the flying canoe, [311]–[321]
Kudu, clinching gift in the Kula, [98], [356], [357]
Kukumali, greenstone used for stone implements, [481], [482]
Kula, general description of, Ch. III; short definition of, [81]–[84]; its economic nature, [84]–[86]; its main rules and aspects, [91]–[95]; K. as exchange of valuables, [95]–[99]; its secondary rules and aspects, [99]–[102]; mythology of, Ch. XII, Divs. III–V; exchange valuables in the, [352]–[357]; ceremonial presentation of gifts within, [388]–[389]; meaning of, Ch. XXII; as a type of ethnological fact, [513]–[515]. (See Conversations; Dobu; Social grouping; Synchronising events; Technicalities; Trade; Wawoyla)
Kula community, defined, [103]; transactions within a, [470]–[475]; limits of, within the Trobriands, [475]–[477]
Kula magic. (See Mwasila, Magic)
Kulturkreise. (See Cultural districts)
Kultur-myths, [305]
Kwaypolu, sollicitory gifts, [354]
Kwita, legendary giant octopus, [234]
Labour, Organisation of, in the Trobriands, [156]–[163]. (See Communal Labour, Trobriand Is. natives)
Laga, ceremonial purchase, [186], [426]
Lashing creeper. (See Wayugo)
Launching of canoes, Ch. VI, Div. I
Legends, Gumagabu, [292], [293]
Lilava, the magical bundle of Kula goods, [202]–[204]; Taboos of, [230], [335]
Linguistic documents, study of, [23], [24]; Ch. XVII
Madare, distribution of food in the Amphletts, [379]
Magic, systems of, [59]; associated with canoes, Ch. V passim, [125]; Ch. VIII, Div. III; bridging over myth with reality, [303], [304]; magic and the Kula, Ch. XVII; subject matter of, [392]–[396]; method in studying underlying ideas of, [396], [397]; a primeval force, [398]–[403]; intrinsically a human force, [400], [401]; relation to myth, [401], [402]; systems of, [412]–[420]; table of Kula [1]n. [415]–[418]; ceremonial element in, [424], [425]; concise summary of native view of, [427]. (See Beauty Magic; Bisila; Bulubwalata; Canoes; Gebobo; Lilava; Kaloma; Kayga’u; Ka’ubana’i; Mulukwausi; Mwasila; Safety; Sailing; Shipwreck; Sulumwoya; Trobriand Is.; Vilamalya; Wawoyla; Wayugo; Wind; Yawarapu)
Magical filiation, [411], [412]
Magical power, of words, Ch. XVIII
Magical power and practical efficiency, [420], [422]
Magical substances. (See Rites)
Magician, general conditions of, [409]–[412]; taboos of, [409], [410]; sociology of, [410], [411]; economics of, [426], [427]
Mailu tribe, trading among, [2]; cultural relation to the Massim, [34]; manufacture of armshells among, [503]n.
Mapula, repayment, [178], [179]; [182], [183],
Marett, R. R. and the concept of mama, [514]
Masawa, seagoing canoe, [112]; [144], [145]. (See Canoes)
Massim, racial sub-division of, [28]–[29]; description of Southern Massim tribes, Ch. I, Div. III, [33]–[38]; villages of, [35], [36]; appearance of, [36]; customs of, [37], [38]; Northern Massim, [78]–[80]
Mauss, M., and the concept of mana, [514]
Megwa (magic) [424]. (See Magic)
Mentality of natives, study of, [22]–[24]. (See Method)
Method of Ethnographic field work, Introduction, Divs. II–VIII; its clear statement indispensable, [2]–[4], [15], 16; influence of scientific aims on, [8]–[11]; summary of, [24], [25]. (See Concrete evidence; Charts; Field Work; Linguistic documents; Magic; Method in studying)
Migrations, in the Kula district, [288], [289]
Milamala, annual feast and return of the spirits in the Trobriands, [72]; [184]
Mint. (See Sulumwoya)
Mortuary distribution. (See So’i, Sagali)
Mulukwausi, flying witches, [76]; [236], [237]–[248], Ch. X, passim; magic against, [248]–[266]; nature of, [238], [239]; imitation and training of, [239], [240]; status of, [240], [241] methods of flight of, [241], [242] sorcery, inflicted by, [242]–[244] association with shipwreck, [244]–[248]; m. and the flying of canoes, [320], [321], [393]. (See Kayga’u)
Muwa, the initial and final halting place of Kula expeditions, Ch. VIII
Mwali. (See Armshells)
Mwasila, the magic of the Kula [102], [147]; Ch. VIII passim; Ch. XIII passim; [485], [486]
Myth, Ch. XII; native definition of, [299], [300]; distinction between myth and actuality, [301]–[303], [338]–330; stratification of, [304], [305]; sociological analysis of, [326]–[328]. (See Atu’a’ine, Aturaino’a, Sina temubadie’i; Clans and m; Gere’u; Kaloma; Kasabwaybwayreta; Kudayuri; Kulturmyths Magic; Origins; Petrifaction Tokosikuna)
Myths; Tokulubwaydoga, [263], [264]; Gere’u, [307]; Tokosikuna, [307], [308], [309], [310], Kudayuri, [311], [312], [313], [314], [315], [316]; Kasabwaybwayreta, [322]–[324]. Atua’ine Aturaino’a and Sinatemubadiye’i, [331]