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Usituma!: song of heaven

Oceania15 • Published In 1945 • Pages: 201-238

By: Baldwin, B..

Abstract
Native song texts make up most of this article. The following themes are treated in these songs: religion and afterlife; wealth and chieftainship; dancing, courtship and love; canoes and voyaging; fighting, death and exile. Copious notes supplement the texts. Baldwin, a missionary, had six years' field experience in the Trobriands at the time the article was published.
Subjects
Music
Literary texts
culture
Trobriands
HRAF PubDate
1995
Region
Oceania
Sub Region
Melanesia
Document Type
article
Evaluation
Creator Type
Missionary
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Arthur Fields
Field Date
1939-1945
Coverage Date
not specified
Coverage Place
Papua New Guinea
Notes
[by] B. Baldwin
LCSH
Trobriand Islanders