The legend of Inuvayla'u belongs to the erotic folklore of northern Kiriwina and was recorded by Malinowski together with the song and dance that commemorate him. Inuvayla'u, a man of the Lukuba clan in Kwaybwaga, possessed a member of prodigious size which would steal away on its own to the wives of other men while they worked in the gardens or fished. When the outraged men of the village finally shamed him publicly, he cut off his member piece by piece with an axe; the pieces turned into stones which are still pointed out near the village. He then left Kwaybwaga with his mother, singing the melancholy song that bears his name, and the Inuvayla'u song and dance remained part of the village's ceremonial repertoire. The tale served Malinowski as a document of Trobriand attitudes to adultery, shame, and punishment.