Kiriwina

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Kiriwina is the main and most populous island of the Trobriand Islands in Papua New Guinea, known for its distinctive Melanesian culture and traditional social systems.

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Label Occurrences
Kiriwina canonical 15

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language ⓘ
Melanesian culture ⓘ
airport ⓘ
anthropologist ⓘ
ceremonial exchange system ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
island ⓘ
populated place ⓘ
village ⓘ
administrativeDivisionOf Milne Bay Province ⓘ
associatedWith Kiriwina ⓘ
capitalOf Kiriwina Rural LLG ⓘ
conductedFieldworkOn Kiriwina ⓘ
country Papua New Guinea ⓘ
hasAirport Losuia Airport ⓘ
hasClimate tropical climate ⓘ
hasCulture Trobriand culture ⓘ
linked to: Trobriand Islanders
hasEconomicActivity fishing ⓘ
small-scale tourism ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Trobriand Islanders ⓘ
hasLanguage Kilivila ⓘ
hasReligion Christianity ⓘ
traditional beliefs ⓘ
hasSettlement Losuia ⓘ
hasTraditionalCrop banana ⓘ
coconut ⓘ
taro ⓘ
yam ⓘ
includesIsland Kiriwina ⓘ
knownFor distinctive Melanesian culture ⓘ
kula exchange ⓘ
matrilineal kinship system ⓘ
traditional social systems ⓘ
yam-based economy ⓘ
largestIslandOf Trobriand Islands ⓘ
locatedIn Melanesia ⓘ
Milne Bay Province ⓘ
South Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Trobriand Islands ⓘ
locatedOn Kiriwina ⓘ
Kiriwina ⓘ
Kiriwina ⓘ
partOf Kula ring network ⓘ
Trobriand Islands ⓘ
spokenOn Kiriwina ⓘ
studiedIn social anthropology ⓘ
visitedBy Bronisław Malinowski ⓘ

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Referenced by (15)

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

Kiriwina Island → alsoKnownAs → Kiriwina ⓘ
Kilivila → alternateName → Kiriwina ⓘ
Vakuta → separatedFrom → Kiriwina ⓘ
Losuia → locatedOn → Kiriwina ⓘ
subject linked to: Kiriwina
Losuia Airport → locatedOn → Kiriwina ⓘ
subject linked to: Kiriwina
Trobriand Islanders → locatedOn → Kiriwina ⓘ
subject linked to: Kiriwina
Kilivila → spokenOn → Kiriwina ⓘ
subject linked to: Kiriwina
Trobriand culture → associatedWith → Kiriwina ⓘ
subject linked to: Kiriwina
Kula ring network → includesIsland → Kiriwina ⓘ
subject linked to: Kiriwina
Bronisław Malinowski → conductedFieldworkOn → Kiriwina ⓘ
subject linked to: Kiriwina