Dobu
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| Waters | Solomon Lake | |
| Archipelago | D'Entrecasteaux Islands | |
| Geographical location | 9 ° 45 '22 " S , 150 ° 51' 52" O | |
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| length | 3 km | |
| width | 2.4 km | |
| surface | 7.2 km² | |
| Highest elevation | 130 m | |
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Dobu is a small island in the D'Entrecasteaux Islands off Papua New Guinea . It is south of Fergusson Island and north of Normanby Island . The island is part of the Dawson Strait Group volcanic field . It consists of several volcanoes that have grown together .
The island is named for the Dobu Rural LLG (Local Level Government) Area in the Esa'Ala district of the Milne Bay Province . The Dobu Rural LLG comprises the northwest part of Normanby and the east part of Fergusson.
The culture of the residents was described by Reo Fortune and Ruth Benedict in the 1930s, but the image of a very warlike society drawn here has been called into question by recent work by the ethnologist Susanne Kuehling .
literature
- Reo Fortune : The Social Organization of Dobu. London 1931
- Reo Fortune : The sorcerers of Dobu. London 1932
- Susanne Kuehling : The name of the gift: ethics of exchange on Dobu Island Australian National University, 1998, download
- Susanne Kuehling: Dobu: ethics of exchange on a Massim Island, Papua New Guinea, Hawaii University, Honolulu, 2005
Web links
Commons : Dobu - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wiktionary: Dobu - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
- Oceania (Dobu) World Culture Encyclopedia
Individual evidence
- ^ Dawson Strait Group in the Global Volcanism Program at the Smithsonian Institution (accessed December 22, 2012).