Mosko, MarkOtto, TonBubandt, Nils2015-12-109781444333237http://hdl.handle.net/1885/52915This paper examines the fractal elaborations or self-scaling of the botanical imagery of base, body, tip and fruit which recur throughout Trobriand island culture. This sequence lays out the form of action scenarios including the logic of indigenous personal agency.ChildhoodDeep WholesOpening, Intermediate, and Closing Kula GiftsPruning and Heaping YamsYam (Taitu) BasAdulthoodElderhoodBaloma201010.1002/9781444324426.ch92020-12-13