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Account of the Quarrel Between Headmen Mbunji and Makunku

in The Papers of Victor Witter Turner, of Private Collection (Box 4: Papers of Victor Witter Turner Field Notes made by Victor and Edith Turner on a Research Trip among the Ndembu, Mwinilunga District, Northern Rhodesia, Second Trip, April 1953 - May 1954, p. 1819-1825: Indigenous narrative on headmen) (17 August 1953) , 2 page(s)

Field note 1819-1820. Date: 17.8.53. Informant: Windson Kajinakaji. Field notes on the generally accepted account of the quarrel between Headmen Mbunji and Makunku which led to the murder of the former by the latter in July 1951.

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Adultery Case at Swanandong'a

in The Papers of Victor Witter Turner, of Private Collection (Box 2: Papers of Victor Witter Turner Field Notes made by Victor and Edith Turner on a Research Trip among the Ndembu, Mwinilunga District, Northern Rhodesia 1950 -1952 (continued), p. 853-867: Musona's Divorce Case) (22 November 1951) , 2 page(s)

Field note 856-857. Date 22.11.51. Informant: Makwayanga. Field note describing an adultery case at Swanandong'a.

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Agricultural Calendar of Principal Crops

in The Papers of Victor Witter Turner, of Private Collection (Box 2: Papers of Victor Witter Turner Field Notes made by Victor and Edith Turner on a Research Trip among the Ndembu, Mwinilunga District, Northern Rhodesia 1950 -1952 (continued), p. 595-638: Dietary of Lunda and Ndembo [secondary sources]) (06 September 1951) , 4 page(s)

Field note 607-609. Date 6.9.51. Field note listing the agricultural calendar of principal crops.

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Akishi, Makishi, Mahamba and Ihamba

in The Papers of Victor Witter Turner, of Private Collection (Box 1: Papers of Victor Witter Turner. Field notes made by Victor and Edith Turner on a Research Trip among the Ndembu, Mwinilunga District, Northern Rhodesia, p. 191-211: Akishi, Makishi, Mahamba, and Ihamba, etc.: spiritual afflictions and rituals) (21 May 1951) , 4 page(s)

Field note 191-193. Date 21.5.51. Informants: Various. Field note describing Akishi, Makishi, Mahamba, and Ihamba, spiritual afflictions and rituals.

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Akishi Tubwiza

in The Papers of Victor Witter Turner, of Private Collection (Box 2: Papers of Victor Witter Turner Field Notes made by Victor and Edith Turner on a Research Trip among the Ndembu, Mwinilunga District, Northern Rhodesia 1950 -1952 (continued), p. 510-530: Ikela Ceremony at Swanakatompa: to drive away a spirt which i) (17 May 1951) , 2 page(s)

Field note 525-526. Date 17.5.51. Informant: Chief Ikelenge. Field note describing the mukishi kabwiza which afflicts a woman who has borne many children who have died at birth or at an early age. Also described is the payment to the Chimbuki.

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Alophonsina's Impending Divorce

Field note 859-860. Date 31.1.52. Field note describing Alophonsina's impending divorce.

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Analysis of Mukanda

in The Papers of Victor Witter Turner, of Private Collection (Box 5, A: Mukanda Full Material) , 2 page(s)

Analysis of Mukanda, a Ndembu Boys' Initiation ceremony, through the framework of viewing ritual as both a cultural and a social structure.

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Ancestor Worship Before Nkang'a and Mukanda

in The Papers of Victor Witter Turner, of Private Collection (Box 1: Papers of Victor Witter Turner. Field notes made by Victor and Edith Turner on a Research Trip among the Ndembu, Mwinilunga District, Northern Rhodesia, p. 257-280: Ancestor Worship Before Nkang'a and Nukanda) (20 December 1951) , 2 page(s)

Field note 257-258. Date 20.12.51. Field note describing ancestor worship before the ceremonies of Nkang'a and Mukanda.

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Answers from Chamundenda

in The Papers of Victor Witter Turner, of Private Collection (Box 4: Papers of Victor Witter Turner Field Notes made by Victor and Edith Turner on a Research Trip among the Ndembu, Mwinilunga District, Northern Rhodesia, Second Trip, April 1953 - May 1954, p. 1977-1983: Questions for Chamundena, on carving, answers) , 2 page(s)

Field note 1977-1978. Date: Unknown. This field note contains a list of questions posed to Chamundenda regarding various creative arts, as well as a list of the answers given in reply.

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Answers to Questions on Customary Law

in The Papers of Victor Witter Turner, of Private Collection (Box 4: Papers of Victor Witter Turner Field Notes made by Victor and Edith Turner on a Research Trip among the Ndembu, Mwinilunga District, Northern Rhodesia, Second Trip, April 1953 - May 1954, p. 1176-1186a: Note on kinship terminology: generations) (24 August 1953) , 4 page(s)

Field note 1778-1781. Date: 24.8.53. This field note contains 14 answers to questions on customary law.

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