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Adolescence, Girl, Part III: Murinbulukol, March 7, 1929
in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N49: Papua New Guinea, Folder 6: Admiralty Islands. Mead and Fortune field trip to Manus, 1928-29. Field data. Joint field notes. Miscellaneous #1) (District of Columbia) (07 March 1929) , 4 page(s)
Two typewritten pages: 1) describes the 'feast for the finishing of the bulokol fish exchange,' including the food prepared and the roles of various kin; 2) lists babies born in November and December [1928]. Two handwritten pages appear to be lists of names and ages. Dated March 7, 1929.
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in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N49: Papua New Guinea, Folder 6: Admiralty Islands. Mead and Fortune field trip to Manus, 1928-29. Field data. Joint field notes. Miscellaneous #1) (District of Columbia) (07 March 1929) , 4 page(s)
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Two typewritten pages: 1) describes the 'feast for the finishing of the bulokol fish exchange,' including the food prepared and the roles of various kin; 2) lists babies born in November and December [1928]. Two handwritten pages appear to be lists of names and ages. Dated March 7, 1929.
Date Written / Recorded
07 March 1929, 1929
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Margaret Mead, 1901-1978, Reo Fortune, 1903-1979
Author / Creator
Margaret Mead, 1901-1978, Reo Fortune, 1903-1979
Topic / Theme
Manus
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Anthropos Article
in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N49: Papua New Guinea, Folder 6: Admiralty Islands. Mead and Fortune field trip to Manus, 1928-29. Field data. Joint field notes. Miscellaneous #1) (District of Columbia) (1928) , 26 page(s)
Typewritten transcription of text from an article in the journal Anthropos (Vol. 4, 1909, p. 354), published under the title 'Mythen and Sagen der Admiralitätsinsulaner.' Transcription is in an indigenous language with English headings and some handwritten English translations; most appear to be stories about dem...
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in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N49: Papua New Guinea, Folder 6: Admiralty Islands. Mead and Fortune field trip to Manus, 1928-29. Field data. Joint field notes. Miscellaneous #1) (District of Columbia) (1928) , 26 page(s)
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Typewritten transcription of text from an article in the journal Anthropos (Vol. 4, 1909, p. 354), published under the title 'Mythen and Sagen der Admiralitätsinsulaner.' Transcription is in an indigenous language with English headings and some handwritten English translations; most appear to be stories about demons and spirits. Undated.
Date Written / Recorded
1928
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Margaret Mead, 1901-1978, Reo Fortune, 1903-1979
Author / Creator
Margaret Mead, 1901-1978, Reo Fortune, 1903-1979
Topic / Theme
Papua New Guineans
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Arapesh Customs
in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N97: Papua New Guinea, Folder 6: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Field data. Arapesh. Notes Sorcery and magic and ?Tamberan) (District of Columbia) (1931) , 214 page(s)
Typewritten notes on Arapesh customs cover a wide range of topics, including war rituals, puberty rites, sex, divination, dreams, sorcery, witchcraft, taboos, omens, superstitions, mourning customs, initiations, yam customs, pregnancy, and charms and protective magic. In English and an indigenous language; with ad...
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in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N97: Papua New Guinea, Folder 6: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Field data. Arapesh. Notes Sorcery and magic and ?Tamberan) (District of Columbia) (1931) , 214 page(s)
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Typewritten notes on Arapesh customs cover a wide range of topics, including war rituals, puberty rites, sex, divination, dreams, sorcery, witchcraft, taboos, omens, superstitions, mourning customs, initiations, yam customs, pregnancy, and charms and protective magic. In English and an indigenous language; with additional handwritten notations, possibly by Reo Fortune. Undated.
Date Written / Recorded
1931
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Reo Fortune, 1903-1979, Margaret Mead, 1901-1978
Author / Creator
Reo Fortune, 1903-1979, Margaret Mead, 1901-1978
Topic / Theme
Religious beliefs, Social customs, Magic, Religious rites and ceremonies, Arapesh
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'Arapesh Maternity' by R. F. Fortune, August 7, 1943
in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N102: Papua New Guinea, Folder 11: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Postfield materials. Proposed book on Mundugumor, 1973 Articles by Reo Fortune) (District of Columbia), in Nature, August 7, 1943, Vol. 152, p. 164 (1943), 2 page(s)
**The image(s) of the document may be omitted here because of copyright considerations** A page from the August 7, 1943 issue of the journal Nature contains a letter from Reo Fortune written May 25, reporting an unusual finding among the Arapesh people of Papua New Guinea. He reports that Arapesh women have an unu...
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in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N102: Papua New Guinea, Folder 11: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Postfield materials. Proposed book on Mundugumor, 1973 Articles by Reo Fortune) (District of Columbia), in Nature, August 7, 1943, Vol. 152, p. 164 (1943), 2 page(s)
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**The image(s) of the document may be omitted here because of copyright considerations** A page from the August 7, 1943 issue of the journal Nature contains a letter from Reo Fortune written May 25, reporting an unusual finding among the Arapesh people of Papua New Guinea. He reports that Arapesh women have an unusually long period during which menstruation is suspended while breast-feeding -- as long as 24 months after childbirth, compared to an...
**The image(s) of the document may be omitted here because of copyright considerations** A page from the August 7, 1943 issue of the journal Nature contains a letter from Reo Fortune written May 25, reporting an unusual finding among the Arapesh people of Papua New Guinea. He reports that Arapesh women have an unusually long period during which menstruation is suspended while breast-feeding -- as long as 24 months after childbirth, compared to an average 6 months for Caucasian women. He notes that this is self-reported by native informants, who hold a special ceremony when menstruation resumes, but not confirmed by direct observation. He speculates that the inbred nature of the isolated tribe may be a contributing factor. The journal page is accompanied by another sheet on which the title, 'Arapesh Maternity,' is written in pen.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Periodical article
Contributor
Reo Fortune, 1903-1979
Author / Creator
Reo Fortune, 1903-1979
Date Published / Released
1943-08-07, 1943
Topic / Theme
Breastfeeding, Menstruation, Arapesh
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Arapesh Notes
in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N98: Papua New Guinea, Folder 6: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Field data. Arapesh. Notes. Reo F. Fortune notes (xerox) #1) (District of Columbia) (1940) , 104 page(s)
Handwritten notes, with a brief typewritten section, by Reo Fortune regarding the Arapesh people. Many of the notes transcribe speeches in Arapesh with an English translation. Other topics include sorcery, death, burial customs, and a short analysis of Margaret Mead's interpretation of an incident (page 79), as re...
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in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N98: Papua New Guinea, Folder 6: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Field data. Arapesh. Notes. Reo F. Fortune notes (xerox) #1) (District of Columbia) (1940) , 104 page(s)
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Handwritten notes, with a brief typewritten section, by Reo Fortune regarding the Arapesh people. Many of the notes transcribe speeches in Arapesh with an English translation. Other topics include sorcery, death, burial customs, and a short analysis of Margaret Mead's interpretation of an incident (page 79), as related in publications from 1940.
Date Written / Recorded
1940
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Research notes
Contributor
Reo Fortune, 1903-1979
Author / Creator
Reo Fortune, 1903-1979
Person Discussed
Margaret Mead, 1901-1978
Topic / Theme
Anthropological linguistics, Arapesh
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Arapesh Notes
in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N98: Papua New Guinea, Folder 7: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Field data. Arapesh. Notes. Reo F. Fortune notes (xerox) #2) (District of Columbia) (1933) , 151 page(s)
Handwritten notes by Reo Fortune regarding the Arapesh people. The notes transcribe speeches in Arapesh with English translations, as well as comment on Arapesh culture. A section lists Arapesh verbs.
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in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N98: Papua New Guinea, Folder 7: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Field data. Arapesh. Notes. Reo F. Fortune notes (xerox) #2) (District of Columbia) (1933) , 151 page(s)
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Handwritten notes by Reo Fortune regarding the Arapesh people. The notes transcribe speeches in Arapesh with English translations, as well as comment on Arapesh culture. A section lists Arapesh verbs.
Date Written / Recorded
1933
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Reo Fortune, 1903-1979
Author / Creator
Reo Fortune, 1903-1979
Topic / Theme
Anthropological linguistics, Arapesh
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![Arapesh Warfare by R. F. Fortune, [February] 1939](https://d3crmev290s45i.cloudfront.net/content/1008597xxx/1008597447/1008597447-size-exact-140x0.jpg "Arapesh Warfare by R. F. Fortune, [February] 1939")
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Arapesh Warfare by R. F. Fortune, [February] 1939
in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N102: Papua New Guinea, Folder 11: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Postfield materials. Proposed book on Mundugumor, 1973 Articles by Reo Fortune) (District of Columbia), in American Anthropologist, Jan. - March, 1939, Vol. 41 no. 1, pp 22-41 (1939), 21 page(s)
**The image(s) of the document may be omitted here because of copyright considerations** Twenty pages comprise an article from the Jan.-March 1939 issue of American Anthropologist, 'Arapesh Warfare' by Reo Fortune. He describes several unusual aspects of warfare among the Arapesh people of Papua New Guinea: that i...
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in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N102: Papua New Guinea, Folder 11: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Postfield materials. Proposed book on Mundugumor, 1973 Articles by Reo Fortune) (District of Columbia), in American Anthropologist, Jan. - March, 1939, Vol. 41 no. 1, pp 22-41 (1939), 21 page(s)
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**The image(s) of the document may be omitted here because of copyright considerations** Twenty pages comprise an article from the Jan.-March 1939 issue of American Anthropologist, 'Arapesh Warfare' by Reo Fortune. He describes several unusual aspects of warfare among the Arapesh people of Papua New Guinea: that it is generally conducted within cultural boundaries, rather than across them; that it is of a highly formalized nature; that it is of l...
**The image(s) of the document may be omitted here because of copyright considerations** Twenty pages comprise an article from the Jan.-March 1939 issue of American Anthropologist, 'Arapesh Warfare' by Reo Fortune. He describes several unusual aspects of warfare among the Arapesh people of Papua New Guinea: that it is generally conducted within cultural boundaries, rather than across them; that it is of a highly formalized nature; that it is of low lethality, and often conducted by means of sorcery as well as combat; and that it includes raids for the purpose of obtaining or retrieving women, 'dependent upon women's sexual consent in extramarital liaisons outside locality borders...' It includes traditional speeches in indigenous text, with simultaneous transliteration, about absconded women and the nature of wives. The article is accompanied by the issue cover.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Periodical article
Contributor
Reo Fortune, 1903-1979
Author / Creator
Reo Fortune, 1903-1979
Date Published / Released
1939-02, 1939
Topic / Theme
War, Arapesh
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BB Record/Material Culture, Alitoa, January 1932
in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N95: Papua New Guinea, Folder 1: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Field data. Arapesh Notebooks and Material culture) (District of Columbia) (January 1932) , 144 page(s)
Handwritten notes in a flip-top notebook titled 'BB Notebook/Material Culture, Alitoa' list the contents of various boxes apparently belonging to Margaret Mead and Reo Fortune. Contents include photographic supplies, camping supplies, medicine, first aid, bedding, and clothes. Also lists more than 100 items identi...
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in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N95: Papua New Guinea, Folder 1: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Field data. Arapesh Notebooks and Material culture) (District of Columbia) (January 1932) , 144 page(s)
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Handwritten notes in a flip-top notebook titled 'BB Notebook/Material Culture, Alitoa' list the contents of various boxes apparently belonging to Margaret Mead and Reo Fortune. Contents include photographic supplies, camping supplies, medicine, first aid, bedding, and clothes. Also lists more than 100 items identified as 'material culture' such as pillows, spears, and knives, and notes whether the items are domestic to Alitoa or imported. Dated J...
Handwritten notes in a flip-top notebook titled 'BB Notebook/Material Culture, Alitoa' list the contents of various boxes apparently belonging to Margaret Mead and Reo Fortune. Contents include photographic supplies, camping supplies, medicine, first aid, bedding, and clothes. Also lists more than 100 items identified as 'material culture' such as pillows, spears, and knives, and notes whether the items are domestic to Alitoa or imported. Dated January 1932.
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Date Written / Recorded
January 1932, 1932
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Reo Fortune, 1903-1979, Margaret Mead, 1901-1978
Author / Creator
Reo Fortune, 1903-1979, Margaret Mead, 1901-1978
Topic / Theme
Arapesh
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Calendar, Pere, 1928-29
in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N48: Papua New Guinea, Folder 6: Admiralty Islands. Mead and Fortune field trip to Manus, 1928-29. Field data. Joint field notes. Census) (District of Columbia) (1928) , 7 page(s)
Typewritten calendar of events in Pere from January 1 through April 24 [1929?], includes a notation that the list, typed July 9, 1955, was copied from Margaret Mead's and Reo Fortune's handwritten field notes (which follow the typed pages). Also includes a short list of births dated November 19 through February 21...
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in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N48: Papua New Guinea, Folder 6: Admiralty Islands. Mead and Fortune field trip to Manus, 1928-29. Field data. Joint field notes. Census) (District of Columbia) (1928) , 7 page(s)
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Typewritten calendar of events in Pere from January 1 through April 24 [1929?], includes a notation that the list, typed July 9, 1955, was copied from Margaret Mead's and Reo Fortune's handwritten field notes (which follow the typed pages). Also includes a short list of births dated November 19 through February 21.
Date Written / Recorded
1928
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Research notes
Contributor
Margaret Mead, 1901-1978, Reo Fortune, 1903-1979
Author / Creator
Margaret Mead, 1901-1978, Reo Fortune, 1903-1979
Topic / Theme
Manus
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A Case of Sorcery
in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N98: Papua New Guinea, Folder 5: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Field data. Arapesh. Notes. Miscellaneous #5) (District of Columbia) (1932) , 2 page(s)
Typewritten notes, presumably by Reo Fortune, relate the story of Mehaut of Suapali. Mehaut went to another village to find clam-shell arm bracelets and was killed by two men who believed he would use the bracelets to enact sorcery on them. Typed on the back of a handwritten page, struck through. Undated.
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in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N98: Papua New Guinea, Folder 5: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Field data. Arapesh. Notes. Miscellaneous #5) (District of Columbia) (1932) , 2 page(s)
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Typewritten notes, presumably by Reo Fortune, relate the story of Mehaut of Suapali. Mehaut went to another village to find clam-shell arm bracelets and was killed by two men who believed he would use the bracelets to enact sorcery on them. Typed on the back of a handwritten page, struck through. Undated.
Date Written / Recorded
1932
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Reo Fortune, 1903-1979
Author / Creator
Reo Fortune, 1903-1979
Topic / Theme
Murder, Magic, Papua New Guineans
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