ABSTRACT

This book is a collection of Arthur Grimble's field notes and early writings, brought together in book form with linking pieces and a large number of illustrations. There are chapters on cannibalism and head hunting, on astronomy and on many aspects of the lives of the Gilbertese people from birth to death.
Originally published in 1972.

chapter |7 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|27 pages

Te Tabunea n Te Rawai

chapter 2|22 pages

Na Areau, the first-of-things

chapter 3|34 pages

From birth to death in the Gilbert Islands

chapter 4|21 pages

A song of Na Areau

chapter 5|19 pages

Nei Maanga-ni-buka

chapter 6|20 pages

Bue the ancestor

chapter 7|34 pages

Canoes of the Gilbert Islands

chapter 8|27 pages

Fellowship of skulls

chapter 9|29 pages

Astronomy and navigation

chapter 10|16 pages

Drip-drip-the-blood

chapter 11|22 pages

A song of Mouia

chapter 12|12 pages

Westward to Baanaba