Kula Ring exchanges across the Massim (Trobriand Islands and neighboring atolls), c. 1875–1940

1. Kula exchange flourishes in the Massim seaways

   Jan 1, 1875Labels: Kula exchange, Massim seaways, Soulava

   • Britannica

2. British protectorate proclaimed over southeastern New Guinea

   Nov 6, 1884Labels: British protectorate, Southeastern New, Colonial administration

   • PNG DFA
   • NAA
   • TNA Catalogue

3. British New Guinea annexed as a crown possession

   Sep 4, 1888Labels: British New, Annexation 1888, Colonial policing

   • PNG DFA
   • NAA

4. Papua Act places Papua under Australian administration

   Sep 1, 1906Labels: Papua Act, Territory of, Australian administration

   • Papua Act
   • NAA
   • PNG DFA

5. World War I brings Australian military control northward

   Sep 17, 1914Labels: Australian military, German New, Rabaul

   • AWM Guinea
   • AWM Ops
   • NAA

6. Malinowski begins long-term fieldwork in the Trobriands

   May 1, 1915Labels: Bronis aw, Trobriand Islands, Fieldwork 1915

   • Malinowski
   • eHRAF

7. Malinowski returns for a second major field season

   Oct 1, 1917Labels: Bronis aw, Fieldwork 1917, Trobriands

   • Malinowski
   • eHRAF

8. Australia’s League of Nations mandate formalizes New Guinea rule

   May 19, 1921Labels: League of, Australia, New Guinea

   • Territory NG
   • NG Act
   • AWM Guinea

9. Argonauts of the Western Pacific popularizes the Kula ring

   Jan 1, 1922Labels: Argonauts of, Malinowski, Kula ring

   • Britannica
   • Yale eHRAF
   • Argonauts

10. Marcel Mauss’s The Gift reframes kula as reciprocity

    Jan 1, 1925Labels: Marcel Mauss, The Gift, Reciprocity

    • Kula Britannica
    • Kula Ring

11. Late colonial period brings intensifying contact and constraints

    Jan 1, 1930Labels: Late colonial, Missions expansion, Cash economies

    • NAA
    • Kula Britannica

12. World War II suspends civil administration, disrupting inter-island life

    Jan 1, 1942Labels: World War, Civil administration, Pacific War

    • NAA
    • PNG DFA