The Last White Canoe of the Lau of Malaita, Solomon Islands

by Pierre Maranda

Building a beautiful ornamented 'white canoe' was a way for the Lau people of Malaita in Solomon Islands to honour the ghosts of their ancestors in the days before they became Christians. This book tells the story of the last of these canoes, built in 1968 by one of the few clans still following their traditional religion, as witnessed by the late anthropologist Pierre Maranda.

Maranda observed how the great artistic projects of Malaita...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1912385341
• ISBN13: 9781912385348
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Sean Kingston Publishing
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 11.0"