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Trobriand Islands
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Tro·bri·and Islands  (trbr-nd, -änd)
An island group of Papua New Guinea in the Solomon Sea off eastern New Guinea. The islands were occupied by Allied forces in June 1943.

Trobriand Islands [ˈtrəʊbrɪˌænd]
pl n
(Placename) a group of coral islands in the Solomon Sea, north of the E part of New Guinea: part of Papua New Guinea. Area: about 440 sq. km (170 sq. miles)


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Kinds of gifts A gift may be one of an ordinary object, an object created for the express purpose of gift exchange, such as the armbands and necklaces in the Trobriand Islands Kula exchange.
00pm FRESH from their tribal cricket tour on the South Sea island of Trobriand, the six athletes compete with professional wrestlers in the tribal arenas of Senegal, West Africa.
In his essay 'Baloma: The Spirits of the Dead in the Trobriand Islands', first published in 1916, Malinowski makes a number of important points of continuing significance to museum practice across the world.
 
 
 
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