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95. Loilove from Lango, Gela - Ko'E Pari [The frog Pari]
in Raymond William Firth Papers, of London School of Economics and Political Science. Library. Archives and Special Collections Team (Tikopia and Solomon Islands Other, Solomon Islands String Figures) (London, England) (1965) , 3 page(s)
Date: circa 1963. Handwritten copy by Honor Maude of Raymond Firth's 1928 notes on the string figure 'Loilove'/'Ko'e Pari' (the frog Pari).
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in Raymond William Firth Papers, of London School of Economics and Political Science. Library. Archives and Special Collections Team (Tikopia and Solomon Islands Other, Solomon Islands String Figures) (London, England) (1965) , 3 page(s)
Description
Date: circa 1963. Handwritten copy by Honor Maude of Raymond Firth's 1928 notes on the string figure 'Loilove'/'Ko'e Pari' (the frog Pari).
Date Written / Recorded
1965
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Sir Raymond Firth, 1901-2002
Author / Creator
Sir Raymond Firth, 1901-2002
Topic / Theme
Games, Tikopia
Copyright Message
Material sourced from the Sir Raymond William Firth Collection, LSE Library. Used with permission of the LSE Library and the Raymond Firth Estate.
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A'araza - Two Ducks, 1928
in Raymond William Firth Papers, of London School of Economics and Political Science. Library. Archives and Special Collections Team (Tikopia and Solomon Islands Other, Solomon Islands String Figures) (London, England) (1928) , 2 page(s)
Date: 1928. Informant: man at Rousu lagoon, S. Malaita. Handwritten directions for creating the string figure 'A'araza' (two ducks) with a drawing of the completed figure.
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in Raymond William Firth Papers, of London School of Economics and Political Science. Library. Archives and Special Collections Team (Tikopia and Solomon Islands Other, Solomon Islands String Figures) (London, England) (1928) , 2 page(s)
Description
Date: 1928. Informant: man at Rousu lagoon, S. Malaita. Handwritten directions for creating the string figure 'A'araza' (two ducks) with a drawing of the completed figure.
Date Written / Recorded
1928
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Sir Raymond Firth, 1901-2002
Author / Creator
Sir Raymond Firth, 1901-2002
Topic / Theme
Games, Tikopia
Copyright Message
Material sourced from the Sir Raymond William Firth Collection, LSE Library. Used with permission of the LSE Library and the Raymond Firth Estate.
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Adzes: Terminology of Polynesian Adzes, 29 January 1928
in Raymond William Firth Papers, of London School of Economics and Political Science. Library. Archives and Special Collections Team (Tikopia and Solomon Islands Other, Notes for Fieldwork) (London, England) (29 January 1928) , 2 page(s)
Date: January 29, 1928. Handwritten notes by Raymond Firth titled 'Adzes: Terminology of Polynesian Adzes,' with note at upper right, 'H. D. Skinner. Draft,' re: types and parts of adzes, with two diagrams.
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in Raymond William Firth Papers, of London School of Economics and Political Science. Library. Archives and Special Collections Team (Tikopia and Solomon Islands Other, Notes for Fieldwork) (London, England) (29 January 1928) , 2 page(s)
Description
Date: January 29, 1928. Handwritten notes by Raymond Firth titled 'Adzes: Terminology of Polynesian Adzes,' with note at upper right, 'H. D. Skinner. Draft,' re: types and parts of adzes, with two diagrams.
Date Written / Recorded
29 January 1928, 1928
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Sir Raymond Firth, 1901-2002
Author / Creator
Sir Raymond Firth, 1901-2002
Person Discussed
Henry Devenish Skinner, 1886-1978
Topic / Theme
Tools, Pacific Islanders
Copyright Message
Material sourced from the Sir Raymond William Firth Collection, LSE Library. Used with permission of the LSE Library and the Raymond Firth Estate.
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Aiole, 1928
in Raymond William Firth Papers, of London School of Economics and Political Science. Library. Archives and Special Collections Team (Tikopia and Solomon Islands Other, Solomon Islands String Figures) (London, England) (19 July 1928) , 2 page(s)
Date: 19.VII.28. Informant: Tomi, a young man of Sinarengo, Malaita. Handwritten directions for creating the string figure 'Aiole' with a drawing of the completed figure.
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in Raymond William Firth Papers, of London School of Economics and Political Science. Library. Archives and Special Collections Team (Tikopia and Solomon Islands Other, Solomon Islands String Figures) (London, England) (19 July 1928) , 2 page(s)
Description
Date: 19.VII.28. Informant: Tomi, a young man of Sinarengo, Malaita. Handwritten directions for creating the string figure 'Aiole' with a drawing of the completed figure.
Date Written / Recorded
19 July 1928, 1928
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Sir Raymond Firth, 1901-2002
Author / Creator
Sir Raymond Firth, 1901-2002
Topic / Theme
Games, Tikopia
Copyright Message
Material sourced from the Sir Raymond William Firth Collection, LSE Library. Used with permission of the LSE Library and the Raymond Firth Estate.
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Aparau, 1928
in Raymond William Firth Papers, of London School of Economics and Political Science. Library. Archives and Special Collections Team (Tikopia and Solomon Islands Other, Solomon Islands String Figures) (London, England) (1928) , 2 page(s)
Date: 1928. Handwritten directions for creating the string figure 'Aparau' with a drawing of the completed figure. Additional annotations made by Honor Maude.
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in Raymond William Firth Papers, of London School of Economics and Political Science. Library. Archives and Special Collections Team (Tikopia and Solomon Islands Other, Solomon Islands String Figures) (London, England) (1928) , 2 page(s)
Description
Date: 1928. Handwritten directions for creating the string figure 'Aparau' with a drawing of the completed figure. Additional annotations made by Honor Maude.
Date Written / Recorded
1928
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Sir Raymond Firth, 1901-2002
Author / Creator
Sir Raymond Firth, 1901-2002
Topic / Theme
Games, Tikopia
Copyright Message
Material sourced from the Sir Raymond William Firth Collection, LSE Library. Used with permission of the LSE Library and the Raymond Firth Estate.
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Atua i Kafika - Pa Ragimaseke, Circa 1929
in Raymond William Firth Papers, of London School of Economics and Political Science. Library. Archives and Special Collections Team (Tikopia and Solomon Islands Other, Tikopia Myths) (London, England) (1929) , 4 page(s)
Date: Circa 1929. Place: Tikopia Island. Informant: Pa Ragimaseke. Handwritten field notes, titled "Atua i Kafika" re: a Tikopian myth.
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in Raymond William Firth Papers, of London School of Economics and Political Science. Library. Archives and Special Collections Team (Tikopia and Solomon Islands Other, Tikopia Myths) (London, England) (1929) , 4 page(s)
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Date: Circa 1929. Place: Tikopia Island. Informant: Pa Ragimaseke. Handwritten field notes, titled "Atua i Kafika" re: a Tikopian myth.
Date Written / Recorded
1929
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Sir Raymond Firth, 1901-2002
Author / Creator
Sir Raymond Firth, 1901-2002
Topic / Theme
Tikopia
Copyright Message
Material sourced from the Sir Raymond William Firth Collection, LSE Library. Used with permission of the LSE Library and the Raymond Firth Estate.
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Baru - Canoe, 1928
in Raymond William Firth Papers, of London School of Economics and Political Science. Library. Archives and Special Collections Team (Tikopia and Solomon Islands Other, Solomon Islands String Figures) (London, England) (10 July 1928) , 2 page(s)
Date: 10.VII.28. Informant: an old man at mailu'u, N. Malaita. Handwritten directions for creating the string figure 'Baru' (canoe) with a drawing of the completed figure. Included are partial directions and drawings for the figures 'Fau' (stone) and 'Mai' (reef).
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in Raymond William Firth Papers, of London School of Economics and Political Science. Library. Archives and Special Collections Team (Tikopia and Solomon Islands Other, Solomon Islands String Figures) (London, England) (10 July 1928) , 2 page(s)
Description
Date: 10.VII.28. Informant: an old man at mailu'u, N. Malaita. Handwritten directions for creating the string figure 'Baru' (canoe) with a drawing of the completed figure. Included are partial directions and drawings for the figures 'Fau' (stone) and 'Mai' (reef).
Date Written / Recorded
10 July 1928, 1928
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Sir Raymond Firth, 1901-2002
Author / Creator
Sir Raymond Firth, 1901-2002
Topic / Theme
Games, Tikopia
Copyright Message
Material sourced from the Sir Raymond William Firth Collection, LSE Library. Used with permission of the LSE Library and the Raymond Firth Estate.
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Birds, Circa 1960
in Raymond William Firth Papers, of London School of Economics and Political Science. Library. Archives and Special Collections Team (Tikopia and Solomon Islands Other, Notes for Fieldwork) (London, England) (1960) , 4 page(s)
Date: Circa 1960. Four pages of typed listings re: birds -- "Birds in New Hebrides [Vanuatu]," "Notes on the Megapodes," "List of Some Birds in Solomon Islands, and "Some Seabirds of the Western Pacific Ocean."
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in Raymond William Firth Papers, of London School of Economics and Political Science. Library. Archives and Special Collections Team (Tikopia and Solomon Islands Other, Notes for Fieldwork) (London, England) (1960) , 4 page(s)
Description
Date: Circa 1960. Four pages of typed listings re: birds -- "Birds in New Hebrides [Vanuatu]," "Notes on the Megapodes," "List of Some Birds in Solomon Islands, and "Some Seabirds of the Western Pacific Ocean."
Date Written / Recorded
1960
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Sir Raymond Firth, 1901-2002
Author / Creator
Sir Raymond Firth, 1901-2002
Topic / Theme
Birds
Copyright Message
Material sourced from the Sir Raymond William Firth Collection, LSE Library. Used with permission of the LSE Library and the Raymond Firth Estate.
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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)
Description
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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Cases in Primitive Law
in Raymond William Firth Papers, of London School of Economics and Political Science. Library. Archives and Special Collections Team (Tikopia and Solomon Islands Other, 'Social Change in Tikopia') (London, England) (1929) , 11 page(s)
Eleven handwritten pages document 28 cases in 'primitive law,' including theft, murder, accidental homicide, adultery, issues of succession, elections, and various types of 'intrigue.' Also discusses legal ramifications or sanctions for adultery, lying, and suicide. Date circa 1929.
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in Raymond William Firth Papers, of London School of Economics and Political Science. Library. Archives and Special Collections Team (Tikopia and Solomon Islands Other, 'Social Change in Tikopia') (London, England) (1929) , 11 page(s)
Description
Eleven handwritten pages document 28 cases in 'primitive law,' including theft, murder, accidental homicide, adultery, issues of succession, elections, and various types of 'intrigue.' Also discusses legal ramifications or sanctions for adultery, lying, and suicide. Date circa 1929.
Date Written / Recorded
1929
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Sir Raymond Firth, 1901-2002
Author / Creator
Sir Raymond Firth, 1901-2002
Topic / Theme
Legal system, Tikopia
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