Polynesian Seafaring and Navigation: Ocean Travel in Anutan Culture and SocietyAfter fourteen months of field research in 1972-73 and an additional four months of field work with the Anutans in the Solomon Islands capital of Honiara in 1983, Richard Feinberg here provides a thorough study of Anutan seafaring and navigation. In doing so he gives rare insights into the larger picture of how Polynesians have adapted to the sea. This richly illustrated book explores the theory and technique used by Anutans in construction, use, and handling of their craft; the navigational skills still employed in interisland voyaging; and their culturally patterned attitudes toward the ocean and travel on the high seas. Further, the discussion is set within the context of social relations, values, and the Anutan's own symbolic definitions of the world in which they live. |
Contents
| 1 | |
THE ISLAND AND ITS PEOPLE | 5 |
ON THE OCEAN | 22 |
CANOES AND EQUIPMENT | 32 |
SEAMANSHIP | 87 |
SOCIOLOGY OF SAILING | 119 |
VOYAGE TO PATUTAKA | 133 |
CONCLUSION | 148 |
ANUTAN CANOE OWNERSHIP AS OF 1973 | 163 |
STAR PATHS TO PATUTAKA AND TIKOPIA AS RELATED BY PU MAEVATAU | 168 |
AUXILIARY NAVIGATIONAL TECHINIQUES AS RELATED BY PU MAEVATAU | 173 |
VOYAGE TO TIKOPIA AS RELATED BY PU NUKUMARERE | 174 |
NOTES | 181 |
GLOSSARY OF ANUTAN NAUTICAL TERMS | 189 |
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Anutan canoes Ariki aropa birds bow and stern canoe's clan coconut constellation crew deck domestic unit eirea Feinberg Firth fishing guide stars gunwale Honiara interisland voyaging Kainanga Kapakau kiato land lashed lower hull manu Manu's masked booby mast mataavaka matangi Matariki Matou navigation nga kaavenga ngaauta ngaru ngaru penua nopo Nukumanu ocean travel outrigger boom paai Pacific Pacific islanders paddle pakatiu pandanus patongia Patutaka petuu plank Plate poki Polynesian Polynesian Outlier porau Pu Maevatau Pu Notau Pu Pu Nukumanaia Pu Nukurava Pu Parekope Pu Penuakimoana Pu Raveiti Pu Pu Rongovaru Pu Toke Pu Tokerau puanga puke pungapenua raki reef rigging ruatuu senior chief sennit social Solomon Islands star paths starboard surf tapitonga Tapu Taro Tatou Taumako te poi te vaka Tikopia tion Toki tonga tonu tuku Uvea vaka pai manu vessel voyage to Tikopia waves wind