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Collection ID DO01
Title Douglas L. Oliver's texts and fieldnotes on Motuna (Siwai) language and Siwai culture written during this field trip in 1938~39
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Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/DO01
Collector
Masayuki Onishi
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Countries
Papua New Guinea - PG
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Languages
English - eng
Siwai - siw
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DOI 10.26278/sa4h-hs91
Cite as Masayuki Onishi (collector), 1938. Douglas L. Oliver's texts and fieldnotes on Motuna (Siwai) language and Siwai culture written during this field trip in 1938~39. Collection DO01 at catalog.paradisec.org.au [Open Access]. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/sa4h-hs91
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Items in Collection (44)

Item Title Actions
001 File Cover of 'Nature and Nature Tales' View
002 Memo on the contents of 'Nature and Nature Tales' View
003 Legend: Maawo the Snake View
004 Legend: hingyoo (the moon) View
005 Legend: keewa (a lightning bug). View
006 two versions of Legend: keewa (a lightning bug) View
007 File Cover of 'kupuna' (ancestor spirits). Stories about Tantanu and Paopiahe, two ancestor spirits. View
008 Folktale: Miihiru and konopia (an evil spirit) View
009 Folktale: Songka and his mara (evil spirit) wife View
010 Legend: the origin of lying View

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