Trobriand Islanders

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The Trobriand Islanders are an Indigenous Melanesian people of Papua New Guinea’s Trobriand Islands, renowned in anthropology for their complex social systems, matrilineal kinship, and ceremonial exchange practices like the Kula ring.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Trobriand Islanders canonical 18
Trobriand culture 3
The Trobrianders of Papua New Guinea 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
Melanesian ethnic group ⓘ
artForm canoe decoration ⓘ
dance and song ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
ceremonialObject mwali armbands ⓘ
soulava necklaces ⓘ
colonialHistory administered by Australia during 20th century ⓘ
brought under German colonial rule in late 19th century ⓘ
country Papua New Guinea ⓘ
documentedIn Argonauts of the Western Pacific ⓘ
Sex and Repression in Savage Society ⓘ
The Trobrianders of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
linked to: Trobriand Islanders
economy horticulture ⓘ
ethnicRegion Melanesia ⓘ
exchangeSystem Kula ring ⓘ
gimwali barter ⓘ
famousFor Kula ring ⓘ
anthropological case studies of sexuality ⓘ
ceremonial exchange ⓘ
complex mortuary rituals ⓘ
cricket ritual adaptations ⓘ
yam exchanges ⓘ
inheritanceRule matrilineal inheritance ⓘ
kinshipSystem matrilineal clans ⓘ
matrilineal descent ⓘ
language Kilivila language ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
locatedIn Massim region ⓘ
Milne Bay Province ⓘ
Trobriand Islands ⓘ
marriageRule exogamy by clan ⓘ
partOf Independent State of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
linked to: Papua New Guinea
politicalLeadership big men ⓘ
hereditary chiefs ⓘ
religion ancestor veneration ⓘ
magic and sorcery practices ⓘ
spirit beliefs ⓘ
residencePattern avunculocal tendencies ⓘ
ritual Kula expeditions ⓘ
harvest rituals ⓘ
mortuary feasts ⓘ
socialOrganization chiefdoms ⓘ
clan-based society ⓘ
matrilineal lineages ⓘ
stapleCrop taro ⓘ
yam ⓘ
studiedBy Annette Weiner ⓘ
Bronisław Malinowski ⓘ
subsistenceActivity fishing ⓘ
sago gathering ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dobu people → neighboringGroup → Trobriand Islanders ⓘ
Trobriand Islands → ethnicGroup → Trobriand Islanders ⓘ
Kula ring → hasParticipant → Trobriand Islanders ⓘ
Trobriand Islanders → documentedIn → The Trobrianders of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
linked to: Trobriand Islanders
Amphlett Islanders → neighboringGroups → Trobriand Islanders ⓘ
Argonauts of the Western Pacific → mainSubject → Trobriand Islanders ⓘ
Crime and Custom in Savage Society → mainSubject → Trobriand Islanders ⓘ
Coral Gardens and Their Magic → mainSubject → Trobriand Islanders ⓘ
Sex and Repression in Savage Society → focusesOn → Trobriand Islanders ⓘ
Kilivila language → usedByEthnicGroup → Trobriand Islanders ⓘ
Kiriwina Island → indigenousPeople → Trobriand Islanders ⓘ
Kiriwina Island → indigenousCulture → Trobriand culture ⓘ
linked to: Trobriand Islanders
Kilivila → ethnicGroup → Trobriand Islanders ⓘ
Louisiade islanders → neighboringPeoples → Trobriand islanders ⓘ
linked to: Trobriand Islanders
Kiriwina-Goodenough District → hasEthnicGroup → Trobriand Islanders ⓘ
Kaileuna → hasEthnicGroup → Trobriand Islanders ⓘ
Vakuta → hasCulturalAssociation → Trobriand culture ⓘ
linked to: Trobriand Islanders
Vakuta → hasEthnicGroup → Trobriand Islanders ⓘ
Trobriand cricket → culturallyReinterpretedBy → Trobriand Islanders ⓘ
Trobriand cricket → relatedTo → Trobriand Islanders ⓘ
Kiriwina → hasEthnicGroup → Trobriand Islanders ⓘ
Kiriwina → hasCulture → Trobriand culture ⓘ
linked to: Trobriand Islanders