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[1977 Copies of] Mundugamor Notes, October-December 1932
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...
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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)
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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 the spirit of a crocodile -- with associated ceremonies and totemistic practices. Other topics include: homicide and cannibalism; canoe...
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 the spirit of a crocodile -- with associated ceremonies and totemistic practices. Other topics include: homicide and cannibalism; canoe building; painting; children's games; kinship nomenclature; totemism. The copies are accompanied by a barely legible, hand-written note, dated July 4, 1977, that seems to indicate these were 'Taken out - Xeroxed' by or for someone.
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Date Written / Recorded
November 1932, 1932
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Margaret Mead, 1901-1978
Author / Creator
Margaret Mead, 1901-1978
Topic / Theme
Decorative arts, Cannibalism, Children's play, Totemism, Kinship nomenclature, Biwat
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Bomoh / Bomor
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,...
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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)
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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 conversations from 1939.
Date Written / Recorded
1939
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Sir Raymond Firth, 1901-2002
Author / Creator
Sir Raymond Firth, 1901-2002
Topic / Theme
Shamanism, Anthropological linguistics, Malay
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Children's Inter-relations - Crying Fits - Psychology
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.
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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)
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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.
Date Written / Recorded
1932
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Margaret Mead, 1901-1978
Author / Creator
Margaret Mead, 1901-1978
Topic / Theme
Animism, Behavior, Children, Papua New Guineans
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Christianity - Native Religion
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.
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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)
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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.
Date Written / Recorded
30 May 1947, 1947
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Max Gluckman, 1911-1975
Author / Creator
Max Gluckman, 1911-1975
Topic / Theme
Church services, Religious beliefs, Christianity, Lozi
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Material sourced from the Royal Anthropological Institute Archive. Copyright © 2016 by Royal Anthropological Institute
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Clanship
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.
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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)
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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.
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Victor Turner, 1920-1983
Author / Creator
Victor Turner, 1920-1983
Topic / Theme
Totemism, Societal structure, Lunda
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2016 by Edith Turner
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The District School - Talks; Christians - Mwanalushia; The Teacher - Observation
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.
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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)
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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.
Date Written / Recorded
Fall 1940, 1940
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Max Gluckman, 1911-1975
Author / Creator
Max Gluckman, 1911-1975
Topic / Theme
Schools, Divorce, Christianity
Copyright Message
Material sourced from the Royal Anthropological Institute Archive. Copyright © 2016 by Royal Anthropological Institute
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Field Notes on the Barotse, Undated
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.
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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)
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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.
Date Written / Recorded
1940
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Max Gluckman, 1911-1975
Author / Creator
Max Gluckman, 1911-1975
Topic / Theme
Indigenous peoples, Christianity
Copyright Message
Material sourced from the Royal Anthropological Institute Archive. Copyright © 2016 by Royal Anthropological Institute
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Handwritten field notes: 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)
Partial handwritten field notes on unlined paper contains information about 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)
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Partial handwritten field notes on unlined paper contains information about shaman training experience.
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Shamanism, Religious beliefs, American Indians
Copyright Message
Material sourced from the Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, Vassar College. Copyright © 2016 by Mary Catherine Bateson
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Handwritten field notes: shamans and vision quests
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.
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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)
Description
This is a set of handwritten field notes on the topics of folklore, visions, and shamanism.
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Visions, Shamanism, American Indians
Copyright Message
Material sourced from the Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, Vassar College. Copyright © 2016 by Mary Catherine Bateson
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III: A Séance [Partial]
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...
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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)
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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, illness, or death. A medium is consulted to determine the reason for the misfortune, and the people rectify the problem or make recompens...
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, illness, or death. A medium is consulted to determine the reason for the misfortune, and the people rectify the problem or make recompense for the injury. This continues until the punishment is lifted or death ensues.
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Date Written / Recorded
1928
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Reo Fortune, 1903-1979
Author / Creator
Reo Fortune, 1903-1979
Topic / Theme
Shamanism, Religious beliefs, Manus
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