Kula: Argonauts of the Western Pacific

Location:Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea
Subject:Trading voyages
Length:60 minutes
Format:16mm
Hue:Color
Year Released:1971
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Producer:NTV
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Description:Fascinating documentary record of a kula voyage by the men of Sinaketa in the Trobriand Islands. An elaborate and ancient trading system of the western Pacific islands, the kula serves as the focus of its participants' lives even though nothing of monetary or practical value is exchanged. Japanese production, in English.
Record No:1006
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