Five typed pages of notes have to do with relationships in the village of Omarakana, the seat of the paramount chief of the northern district of Kiriwina Island. Brief comments are numbered, but not in strict order, suggesting they refer to field notes or some other source. The notes are written in English with interspersed terms in indigenous text -- generally nouns, with some underlined -- as if it is assumed the reader is familiar with the ter... Five typed pages of notes have to do with relationships in the village of Omarakana, the seat of the paramount chief of the northern district of Kiriwina Island. Brief comments are numbered, but not in strict order, suggesting they refer to field notes or some other source. The notes are written in English with interspersed terms in indigenous text -- generally nouns, with some underlined -- as if it is assumed the reader is familiar with the terms. The document also contains 'statistics' on gardens, yam-storage houses, and the men who fill them. The document is nearly identical to a previous one, but without handwritten annotations and corrections. Show more Show less

Three typed pages list the 23 wives of To'uluwa, paramount chief of Kiriwina seated in the village of Omarakana. The notes, written mostly in indigenous text with occasional English clarification, include information on clan and village relationships, as well as whether the wife was directly married or 'inherited' from the previous chief, Numakala. The document is very similar to an earlier one, but without that document's written annotation.

A page contains handwritten notes -- the heading 'Garden Koumwala' at the top with three brief lines about preparing ground for planting, plus a half-page of notes at the bottom headed 'Teyyava and Inaugural,' apparently describing a multi-day event in a Trobriand village. Both sections are heavily crossed out with blue pencil, with the upper section of the page being mostly empty. The notes are written on the back of reused stationery, consistin... A page contains handwritten notes -- the heading 'Garden Koumwala' at the top with three brief lines about preparing ground for planting, plus a half-page of notes at the bottom headed 'Teyyava and Inaugural,' apparently describing a multi-day event in a Trobriand village. Both sections are heavily crossed out with blue pencil, with the upper section of the page being mostly empty. The notes are written on the back of reused stationery, consisting of a partial, typed document from the British Social Hygiene Council. Show more Show less

Five pages of notes, mostly typed with handwritten additions, have to do with relationships in the village of Omarakana, the seat of the paramount chief of the northern district of Kiriwina Island. Brief comments are numbered, but not in strict order, suggesting they refer to field notes or some other source. The notes are written in English with interspersed terms in indigenous text -- generally nouns, with some underlined -- as if it is assumed... Five pages of notes, mostly typed with handwritten additions, have to do with relationships in the village of Omarakana, the seat of the paramount chief of the northern district of Kiriwina Island. Brief comments are numbered, but not in strict order, suggesting they refer to field notes or some other source. The notes are written in English with interspersed terms in indigenous text -- generally nouns, with some underlined -- as if it is assumed the reader is familiar with the terms. The document also contains 'statistics' on gardens, yam-storage houses, and the men who fill them. Show more Show less