Chapter VI Launching of a Canoe and Ceremonial Visiting—Tribal Economics in the Trobriands
Plate XXXV Communal Cooking of Mona (Taro Dumplings) Large clay-pots , imported from the Amphletts, are used for the purpose; in these, coco-nut oil is brought to a boil, pieces of pounded taro being thrown in afterwards, while a man stirs the contents with a long, decorated, wooden ladle.
Plate XXXVI Scene in the Wasi (Ceremonial Exchange of Vegetables for Fish) The inland party have brought their yams by boat to the village of Oburaku, which is practically inaccessible by land. They are putting up the vegetables into square, wooden crates in order to carry them ceremonially and to place each before the partner’s house.
Plate XXXVII Vava, Direct Barter of Vegetables for Fish In the picture, the inland natives exchange bundles of taro directly for fish, without observing the rites and ceremonies obligatory in a wasi . (See Div. VI )
