[Copy of] Numakala's Wives

Name: [Copy of] Numakala's Wives
Author: Bronisław Malinowski, 1884-1942

in Bronislaw Malinowski Papers (Yale), of Yale University. Sterling Memorial Library. Manuscripts and Archives (Papers relating to Malinowski's studies of the Trobriands Islands, Notes) (New Haven, CT) (1923) , 4 page(s)

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Abstract / Summary: A green folder labeled 'Mal 138' contains three typed pages listing the 25 wives of Numakala, former 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, and whether some are 'tokay,' or commoners, which Malinowski notes is 'quite a new fashion.' It differs from a similar document in having no written annotation.
Field of Interest: Anthropology
Content Type: Field notes
Duration: 0 sec
Anthropologist / Ethnographer: Bronisław Malinowski, 1884-1942
Warning: Contains explicit content: No
Format: Text
Page Count: 4
Page Range: 1-4
Subject: Anthropology, Social Sciences, Cultural anthropology, Wives, Antropologia Cultural, Antropología Cultural, Kiriwina Island, Milne Bay Province, Trobriand Islanders
Keywords and Translated Subjects: Antropologia Cultural, Antropología Cultural