Baloma appear in prophetic dreams to magicians
in Bronislaw Malinowski Papers (LSE), of London School of Economics and Political Science. Library. Archives and Special Collections Team (Box 2: Trobriand Islands fieldwork notebooks and notes, Folder 35: Field notes) (London, England) (1918) , 2 page(s)
Details
- Abstract / Summary
- An undated, handwritten note in indigenous text with English translation is headed, 'T.19 Baloma appear in prophetic dreams to magicians' and numbered 357.2 in the upper left corner. The notes discuss how Baloma, spirits of the dead, appear in dreams. The information is written on reused stationery, consisting of a handwritten manuscript page numbered 124g in the upper right, discussing superstitious beliefs in causes of pregnancy.
- Field of Interest
- Anthropology
- Copyright Message
- Materials sourced from Yale University. Copyright © 2016 by Patrick Burke
- Content Type
- Field notes
- Anthropologist / Ethnographer
- Bronisław Malinowski, 1884-1942
- Format
- Text
- Page Count
- 2
- Subject
- Anthropology, Social Sciences, Cultural anthropology, Dreams, Ghosts, Antropologia Cultural, Antropología Cultural, Trobriand Islanders
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- Antropologia Cultural, Antropología Cultural
