Trobriand Islands

Polish anthropologist and ethnographer based in England and the USA (1884–1942)

island group of Papua New Guinea

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Kiriwina is the largest and most populated of the Trobriand Islands, situated in the Solomon Sea, with an area of . It is part of the Kiriwina-Goodenough District of the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. Most of the 12,000 people who live in the Trobriands live on Kiriwina. The Kilivila language, also known as Kiriwina, is spoken on the island. The main town is Losuia. The island falls under the administrative division of Kiriwina Rural LLG.

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book by Bronisław Malinowski

terrestrial ecoregion in Papua New Guinea

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Kitava is the most easterly of the four major islands in the Trobriand Islands archipelago group of the Solomon Sea, located in Milne Bay Province of southeastern Papua New Guinea (PNG). ==Lifestyle== Kitava has primarily a subsistence economy. Food sources are mainly fish and yams. As in the other islands in the Trobriand group yams play a significant role in the culture and determine wealth. The islands have dark, rich soils that support diverse species beyond yams and coconuts, including mangoes, papayas and pineapple. Marine life flourishes in the clear seas and the coral reefs. However, d

people from the southeast of Papua New Guinea