Kaloma Myth
in Bronislaw Malinowski Papers (LSE), of London School of Economics and Political Science. Library. Archives and Special Collections Team (Box 5: Linguistic notes and lectures, based on Trobriand Islands fieldwork, Folder 13: Texts, manuscripts) (London, England) (10 August 1918) , 2 page(s)
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- Abstract / Summary
- Date: 10.8.18. Place: Sinaketa (Kiriwina). Informant: To'udawada. A passage in the Trobriand language with simultaneous English translation, numbered J133, recounts a myth about kaloma (beads made from the red spondylus shell), the people of Sinaketa, and their ability to dive. It is written on the back of a partial, handwritten manuscript on the Trobriand Islanders' knowledge of the mechanism of impregnation, or lack thereof.
- 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
- Warning: Contains explicit content
- No
- Format
- Text
- Page Count
- 2
- Subject
- Anthropology, Social Sciences, Linguistic anthropology, Cultural anthropology, Myths and legends, Antropología Lingüística, Antropologia Linguística, Antropologia Cultural, Antropología Cultural, Kiriwina Island, Milne Bay Province, Trobriand Islanders
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- Antropología Lingüística, Antropologia Linguística, Antropologia Cultural, Antropología Cultural