"Masawa - bogeokwa si tuta!": Cultural and cognitive implications of the Trobriand Islanders' gradual loss of their knowledge of how to make a masawa canoe

This chapter describes— how the Trobriand Islanders of Papua New Guinea used to build their large seagoing masawa canoes and make their sails; what forms of different knowledge and expertise they needed during various stages of the construction processes; how this knowledge was socially distributed; and the social implications of all the joint communal activities necessary before a new canoe could be launched.