Definition of the Word Bwaulo
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) (21 January 1918) , 2 page(s)
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- Abstract / Summary
- Date: 21.1.18. Place: Oburaku (Kiriwina). Informants: Tomwayo Lakwabulo et al. A very brief passage in the Trobriand language with simultaneous English translation, numbered J220, defines 'bwaulo,' the odor or evil emanation from a corpse. The information is written on the back of reused stationery, consisting of a handwritten letter from Leila Windsor to Elsie and Bronislaw Malinowski, discussing her recent flu and news of acquaintances.
- 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, Cultural anthropology, Linguistic anthropology, Death, Antropologia Cultural, Antropología Cultural, Antropología Lingüística, Antropologia Linguística, Kiriwina Island, Milne Bay Province, Trobriand Islanders
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- Antropologia Cultural, Antropología Cultural, Antropología Lingüística, Antropologia Linguística