Notes on Types of Magic
in Bronislaw Malinowski Papers (Yale), of Yale University. Sterling Memorial Library. Manuscripts and Archives (Papers relating to Malinowski's studies of the Trobriands Islands, Field material gardens (3): Running guides for gardens) (New Haven, CT) (1924) , 2 page(s)
Details
- Abstract / Summary
- A page contains six handwritten items, numbered with Roman numerals and all crossed out, naming different kinds of magic of the Trobriand Islanders, such as that associated with the burning of fields or encouraging the growth of yams. In the upper-right corner are listed the months, beginning with September, and associated terms in indigenous text -- apparently the names of festivals or dances, starting with the Milamala harvest festival. Some sections are written in, underlined or otherwise set apart with green pencil. A boxed note reads, 'The green marked pieces to be checked with Kwaluva,' possibly the name of a native informant. The notes are written on the back of a partial, typed letter, probably from Charles Seligman to Malinowski, discussing the work of a colleague and mentioning that he is in regular contact with Malinowski's mother.
- Field of Interest
- Anthropology
- Copyright Message
- Materials sourced from Yale University. Copyright © 2016 by Patrick Burke
- Content Type
- Field notes
- Duration
- 0 sec
- Anthropologist / Ethnographer
- Bronisław Malinowski, 1884-1942
- Warning: Contains explicit content
- No
- Format
- Text
- Page Count
- 2
- Page Range
- 1-2
- Subject
- Anthropology, Social Sciences, Cultural anthropology, Magic, Fairs and festivals, Antropologia Cultural, Antropología Cultural, Trobriand Islanders
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- Antropologia Cultural, Antropología Cultural