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Trobriand|ˈtrəʊbrɪənd| Used attrib.: Of, pertaining to, native to, or produced in the Trobriand Islands, a small group of coral islands in the Solomon Sea, now forming part of Papua New Guinea; Trobriand Islander = trobriander.
1922B. Malinowski Argonauts W. Pacific ix. 221 The big bay of Gatu, where once the crews of a whole fleet of Trobriand canoes were killed and eaten. 1935― Coral Gardens & their Magic II. vi. v. 232 The Trobriand phenomenon of a language of magic..fits into our theory of language. 1937R. H. Lowie Hist. Ethnol. Theory xiii. 231 The reader becomes saturated with the Trobriand atmosphere. 1951E. E. Evans-Pritchard Social Anthropol. iv. 74 Malinowski came to know the Trobriand Islanders well. 1956R. Redfield Peasant Society & Culture 35 The many interrelations of custom, institution, and human need in Trobriand life. 1974Country Life 11 Apr. 838/1 The bronze..can be appreciated..by anyone—atheist, Hottentot, Eskimo, Trobriand Islander. |