Ceremonial exchange and art on Moce Island (Fiji)
A Functional Interpretation of a Tapa Design
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2887075 |
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| Authors | Simon Kooijman (1. [email protected], corresponding author) |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 136 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 41-51 |
| Publication date | 1980-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bijdragen tot de taal- land- en volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0006-2294 • E-ISSN: 2213-4379 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/22134379-90003536 |
| OpenAlex | W1986734864 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
The eastern periphery of the Fiji Archipelago is formed by the group of Lau Islands stretching in an approximately north-south direction over nearly 500 km.To the east the main islands of Tonga extend in a parallel chain, and for the Southern Lau Tonga is nearer than the main island Viti Levu.Tongan influence has long been important in the Lau, which isto an even higher degree than the Fiji Islands as a wholean area of transition between the cultures of Melanesia and Polynesia (Thompson 1938: 190ff., and Derrick 1950: 121).Within the Lau Grmp the spatial distribution of land is unequal: the majority of islands and reefs being concentrated in two areas, one in the north consisting of the island of Vanua Ba!lavu and a circle of some twenty smaller islands and islets, and the o&er in Centra1 and Sourh Central Lau.Here Lakeba, Moce, Oneata, Komo, Namuka, Kabara, Fulaga, and Ogea are the main islands.On each of them one or more of the other islands of the relevant cluster are clearly visible on the horizon.Nowhere in this midget archipelago is the distance from one island to the next more than 30 km, and when the wind is favaurable such a crossing wil11 take the experienced crew of an outrigger sailing canoe les.than three hours
Archaeology · Archipelago · Geography · Reef · Geology · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Oceanography · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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