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| ancestral spirit that is thought to live on the island of Tuma |
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| 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 |
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| the spirit child that comes from a baloma spirit and is thought to cause conception |
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| 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 |
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| a unilineal descent group in which all members trace their descent through women (matrilineage); also called yawa |
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| The collective term for all mortuary (upon death) distributions |
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| Island where the ancestral spirt (baloma) is thought to live on and reside |
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