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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
011 Legend: Tantanu and Paupiahe View
012 Legend: Tantanu and Paupiahe View
013 Memo on Tantanu View
014 File Cover of 'Paanaangah' View
015 Legend: Paanaangah on the bank of Siro River View
016 Legend: Paanaangah, meera' (goanna) and hiiikai (ant) View
017 Legend: Paanaangah and Peerui (a female evil spirit) View
018 Legend: Paanaangah and Iikuraka, a wicked man View
019 Legend: Paanaangah and napa (possum) View
020 Legend: Paanaangah and moi (galyp nuts) View
021 Legend: Paanaangah and atai (basket for keeping fish) View
022 Legend: Paanaangah's fishing View
023 Legend: Paanaangah and pia (sago) View
024 File Cover of 'Folktales' View
025 Folktale: the wicked father View
026 Folktale: Nonung and mara (a female evil spirit) View
027 Legend 1: maru for hingyoonai; Legend 2: on hingyoo (the moon) View
028 Account: irima (chewing betelnuts after kori (tribal war)) View
029 Folktale: mungruho (without mouth) View
030 Eng translation of a folktale. View
031 File Cover of 'Honging' View
032 Legend: Honging and Namaru View
033 Legend: Honging and napa (possum) View
034 Short notes on Honging View
035 File Cover of 'Animal Stories' View
036 Legend: paramo (the eel) View
037 Folktale: uniu (the big eel) View
038 Folktale: pirituri (a bush hen) View
039 Folktale: the origin of the dog's tail View
040 Folktale: moroking (the flying fox) and mongko (the eagle) View
041 Folktale: napa (the possum) and mahkata (the dog) View
042 Folktale: a kowkow bird (crow) View
043 Folktale: Derang View
044 Legend: A giant man-killing napa (possum) View

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