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[1977 Copies of] Mundugamor Notes, October-December 1932
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in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N100: Papua New Guinea, Folder 4: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Field data. Mundugumor (includes 1973 notes). Notes. Margaret Mead. Mixed carbons & xeroxes) (District of Columbia) (November 1932) , 19 page(s)
Nineteen pages comprise photocopies of field notes, mostly typed, about the Mundugamor people of New Guinea from late November to mid-December 1932. There are numerous terms in indigenous text. Nearly half the source is made up of an extensive account of the making of a new ashin -- a ceremonial flute imbued with...
in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N100: Papua New Guinea, Folder 4: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Field data. Mundugumor (includes 1973 notes). Notes. Margaret Mead. Mixed carbons & xeroxes) (District of Columbia) (November 1932) , 19 page(s)
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Bomoh / Bomor
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in Raymond William Firth Papers, of London School of Economics and Political Science. Library. Archives and Special Collections Team (Malaya: Other Papers, Kelantan Bomoh Formulae) (London, England) (1939) , 4 page(s)
Five pages of hand-written field notes have to do with defining Malay words, most notably 'bomoh' or 'bomor,' a term for a doctor or shaman. The notes include recorded variations and citations going back to 1876. References to P.C.M. and Awang suggest Firth's contemporary informants are Pak Che Mat and Awang Long,...
in Raymond William Firth Papers, of London School of Economics and Political Science. Library. Archives and Special Collections Team (Malaya: Other Papers, Kelantan Bomoh Formulae) (London, England) (1939) , 4 page(s)
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Children's Inter-relations - Crying Fits - Psychology
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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 5: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Field data. Arapesh Notes Children, economics, and other matters) (District of Columbia) (1932) , 121 page(s)
A set of 121 slips of paper contain typed notes on behaviors, knowledge and beliefs of a certain tribe, possibly the Arapesh of the Sepik region of Papua New Guinea. Many of Mead's observations have to do with children.
in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N95: Papua New Guinea, Folder 5: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Field data. Arapesh Notes Children, economics, and other matters) (District of Columbia) (1932) , 121 page(s)
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Christianity - Native Religion
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in Max Gluckman Papers, of Royal Anthropological Institute. Archives and Manuscripts (Box 51: Field Notes and Letters 1947, [Folder 1]) (30 May 1947) , 3 page(s)
Date: 30.5.47. Place: Nalolo. A three-page, typewritten field note headed "Christianity - Native Religion" contains information on the Lozi's limited embrace of Christianity compared to other tribes.
in Max Gluckman Papers, of Royal Anthropological Institute. Archives and Manuscripts (Box 51: Field Notes and Letters 1947, [Folder 1]) (30 May 1947) , 3 page(s)
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Clanship
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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. 775-782: Clanship [based on secondary sources]: Totems, Exogamy) , 3 page(s)
Field note 775-777. Source: Notes on "Totems" by E.H. Book D.O. Mwinilunga; from Mwinilunga District Note Book 20.6.34. Notes discussing clanship includng totems and exogamy.
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. 775-782: Clanship [based on secondary sources]: Totems, Exogamy) , 3 page(s)
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The District School - Talks; Christians - Mwanalushia; The Teacher - Observation
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in Max Gluckman Papers, of Royal Anthropological Institute. Archives and Manuscripts (Box 3: Fieldnote Files 1940, [Folder 2]) (Fall 1940) , 3 page(s)
Typewritten field notes dated 14.10.40 and 18.9.40 containing information on: building a brick school and beating students; Christianity and the divorce process; and building huts for the teacher of Katongo school.
in Max Gluckman Papers, of Royal Anthropological Institute. Archives and Manuscripts (Box 3: Fieldnote Files 1940, [Folder 2]) (Fall 1940) , 3 page(s)
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Field Notes on the Barotse, Undated
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in Max Gluckman Papers, of Royal Anthropological Institute. Archives and Manuscripts (Box 55: Genealogies, Village Maps and Essays on Lozi Life, [Folder 16]) (1940) , 4 page(s)
Handwritten field notes containing information on the Barotse, Monga of Mwandawande: how people live in the village, how people live in their yards, how Christianity changes many things, and works.
in Max Gluckman Papers, of Royal Anthropological Institute. Archives and Manuscripts (Box 55: Genealogies, Village Maps and Essays on Lozi Life, [Folder 16]) (1940) , 4 page(s)
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Handwritten field notes: shaman training experience
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 87], Folder 1. Religion of the North American, Notes) , 1 page(s)
Partial handwritten field notes on unlined paper contains information about shaman training experience.
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 87], Folder 1. Religion of the North American, Notes) , 1 page(s)
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Handwritten field notes: shamans and vision quests
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 87], Folder 1. Religion of the North American, Notes) , 4 page(s)
This is a set of handwritten field notes on the topics of folklore, visions, and shamanism.
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 87], Folder 1. Religion of the North American, Notes) , 4 page(s)
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III: A Séance [Partial]
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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 8: Admiralty Islands. Mead and Fortune field trip to Manus, 1928-29. Field data. Joint reports to the Social Science Research Council on Manus fieldwork, 1929) (District of Columbia) (1928) , 3 page(s)
Undated, unsigned typewritten document, presumably written by Reo Fortune, titled 'III: A Séance,' which breaks off after the third page. The last page has a handwritten note dated 1953. Fortune describes the Manus religious systems, in which ancestral spirits punish people for sins, resulting in poor fishing, il...
in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N49: Papua New Guinea, Folder 8: Admiralty Islands. Mead and Fortune field trip to Manus, 1928-29. Field data. Joint reports to the Social Science Research Council on Manus fieldwork, 1929) (District of Columbia) (1928) , 3 page(s)
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