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Details Title: mid-term review Description: Trobriand "emic" terms Total Flash Cards: 8 Created: 10/07/2007 18:06:17	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Baloma* Definition ancestral spirit that is thought to live on the island of Tuma Term Kula* Definition The overseas exchange network that includes many islands in the Massim, where armshells (mwali) and necklaces (bagi) are exchanged for each other through complex sets of transactions Term Waiwaia* Definition the spirit child that comes from a baloma spirit and is thought to cause conception Term Keyawa kin* Definition Reciprocal relatiomnship term between ego and his son’s wife’s mother and mother’s brother, or his daughter’s husband’s mother and mother’s brother when members of the same clan Term Dala Definition a unilineal descent group in which all members trace their descent through women (matrilineage); also called yawa Term Sagali Definition The collective term for all mortuary (upon death) distributions Term Kumila Definition a matrilineal clan Term Tuma* Definition Island where the ancestral spirt (baloma) is thought to live on and reside