Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Haddon Index r - z

The Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits were the culmination of an expedition to Torres Strait in 1898, led by Alfred Cort Haddon.

Haddon was born on 24 May 1855, in London. He was educated at Christ’s College, Cambridge and in 1880 was appointed professor of zoology at the Royal College of Science, Dublin. In 1888 he journeyed to Torres Strait off the north eastern coast of Australia to study the marine biology there, spending the month of October at Mabuiag and then five months at Mer (Murray Island). During this time he became interested in ethnography, collecting folk tales and ethnographic material.

In 1893 he moved to Cambridge and gained a lectureship in physical anthropology. He planned and organized a further expedition to Torres Strait, duly arriving at Thursday Island on 22 April 1898.

His team consisted of seven staff, namely himself and Sidney H. Ray, linguist,  Dr. William Halse Rivers, physician and psychologist, Dr. Charles S. Myers, psychologist and musician, Dr. William McDougall, psychologist, Anthony Wilkin, photographer and Dr. C. S. Seligman, pathologist

Most of their time was spent on Murray Island and they departed from Torres Strait in November 1898.

Haddon spent the rest of his life organizing and editing the material collected. He also returned to the Torres Strait for a brief visit in 1914. He died on 20 April, 1940. During his prolific career he wrote and edited over 600 publications.

The expedition to Torres Strait was the first scientifically planned and executed interdisciplinary study of a traditional people. 67 musical cylinders were collected, along with some 2 000 artifacts and the world’s first ethnographic film was made – a four minute production displaying Malo ceremonies and fire stick usage.

The results of the expedition were published in 6 volumes by the Cambridge University press from 1905 – 1935. In 1971 the Johnstone Reprint Corporation reprinted the volumes. However the work was published and reprinted without any indexes

This blog entry contains an annotated title index to the 1971 reprint, sorted by subject in bold type and sub sorted by title in italic type.

Rainfall


Games & toys.
Vol 4, p. 312-341
Information on games & toys in traditional Torres Strait Society. Includes games of movement that develop & exercise bodily powers, games of dexterity & skill, games of emulation, Games of imitation, games of divination, various toys, string figures & tricks,

Recreation


Murray Islands: Various socialising customs.
Vol 1, p. 176-183
Information on songs, games, & cooking & feasting practices & ceremonies including Rob Wed, Wetpur & kaketut on Murray island. Also discusses messengers & message sticks, called tom & trade between Murray island & the peoples from the Fly River Estuary in Papua New Guinea


The ethnography of the various Islands: Masig, Umaga, Damut & Mauar.
Vol 1, p. 90-95
Account of various rituals, ceremonies & stories relating to the inhabitants of Yorke, Mauar (Mowar, Rennel Island), Umaga & Damut (Damud, Jarmuth, Dalrymple) Islands

Rennel Island


The cult of Kwoiam.
Vol 5, p. 367-378
Information on the Cult of Kwoiam on the Sacred Island of Pulu near Mabuiag, where skulls of the dead slain in battle were kept & ceremonies performed

Sacred sites


The cult of Sigai & Maiau.
Vol 5, p. 373-378
Account of the Sigai & Maiau Cults on Tutu & Yam. Gives details


Divination.
Vol 6, p. 261-271
Comprehensive article on the use of divination among the Meriam. Includes the Tomog Zogo, which is a divinatory shrine on Mer; skull divination; divination by lice & beizam, a collection of stone in the shape of a shark & used for divination purposes


Erub: Cults.
Vol 1, p. 198-199
Information on the Daido-siriem cult on Darnley Island as well as stones associated with the moon & with the evening star


The ethnography of the various Islands: Nagir.
Vol 1, p. 68-71
Account of various rituals, ceremonies & stories relating to the inhabitants of Naghir Island. Describes death ceremonies, sacred sites & the practice of infanticide as well as the Sperwer massacre in 1870


The ethnography of the various Islands: Saibai.
Vol 1, p. 43-49
Account of various rituals, ceremonies & stories relating to the inhabitants of Saibai. Includes a detailed account on the Cargo cult that spread on Saibai Island in 1913 & 1914, the German Wislin cult


Magical practices to control animal life.
Vol 6, p. 213-220
Information on ceremonies & magical practices to control animal life. Includes information on turtle ceremonies, dugong charms, fish charms, control of mosquitoes, ensuring a plentiful supply of tern's eggs & preventing rats from destroying garden crops & bananas


Magical practices to control Human Beings.
Vol 6, p. 220-240
Information on ceremonies & magical practices to control Human Beings. Sections include; Love charms; Maid or harmful magic ( examples are the use of sea-slugs, shell-turtle poisoning, crocodile effigies & effigies in the likeness of a person); Power to make people insane, hungry, constipated or general sickness through the use of Wiwar; Methods to overcome & protect against harmful sorcery.


Magical practices to control the elements.
Vol 6, p. 194-202
Information on rain-making & controlling the wind.


Magical practices to control vegetable life.
Vol 6, p. 202-213
Information on ceremonies & magical practices to control vegetable life. Includes methods for the Wongai, coconuts, bananas, tobacco, ceremonies for a good harvest, for garden produce, for yams, & magic to damage crops


Murray Islands: Territorial groupings.
Vol 1, p. 159-173
Information on clans & cults on Murray Island. Includes; Information on the 9 recognised districts on Mer & Dauar as of the late 19th century & how they correspond with the districts from earlier times; Gives stories of the ancestors of the current descendants whose names they bear. Gives detailed information on the Bomai-Malu cult & 2 older cults, Beizam & Dogai & the relation of Bomai-Malu to these 2 older cults. Concludes with an extensive list of the localities of the zogo & various local practices & who owns the stars


Sacred areas.
Vol 1, p. 354-356
Information on sacred sites & ceremonies in the Torres Strait


Stones of power.
Vol 1, p. 356-368
Information on power stones, zogo & ritual & revered images & objects in the Torres Strait. The power stones include those carved to represent animals or heads of animals, human form or face, memorial stones, spirit stones of augud, stones connected with gardens, stones to control animal life, stones associated with the sky & images carved in wood


Supernatural beings.
Vol 5, p. 353-367
Information on supernatural beings in the Western Torres Strait. Sections include; Giants & tailed-man; Dogai; Transformation; Spirits & the future state; Story of the boy who was spirited away; Muri (These are spirits associated with waterspouts); Omens; Dreams; Divination; Austerities & purification; Sacred stones & carved images; Totemism; Ancestor worship; The Kwod in Religion


Birth & childhood customs.
Vol 5, p. 194-200
Information on birth & childhood customs. Pregnancy custom in Saibai, food taboos for women, treatment of the afterbirth at Saibai, Yam & Mabuiag. Limitation of children (sterility & infanticide), twins (one of the twins is usually killed), customs after childbirth & the treatment of children

Saibai Island


The ethnography of the various Islands: Saibai.
Vol 1, p. 43-49
Account of various rituals, ceremonies & stories relating to the inhabitants of Saibai. Includes a detailed account on the Cargo cult that spread on Saibai Island in 1913 & 1914, the German Wislin cult


Folk tales.
Vol 5, p. 9-120
Folk tales from the Torres Strait. Folk tales include; sun, moon & night; Dogai Metakorab & Bu; Dogai; The two dogai of Muralug; The origin of fire; How fire was brought to Kiwai; The origin of Kiwai & its inhabitants; The origin of Hammond Rock; The story of the 6 blind brothers (Badu); Dogai Zug; The stone that fell from the sky; the birth of Kusa Kup, the mythical bird; The story of Siwai, or the origin of mosquitoes & flies; The first man of Saibai; Sida, the bestower of vegetable food; Sida (Saibai version); Sida (Kiwai version); The sad end of Yawar the gardener; Gelam; Sesere, the dugong hunter; How Bia introduced fishing with the sucker-fish into the Islands; The story of Upi; Naga, the instructor of the death-dances; Naga, the master of ceremonies in Nagir; Waiat; Tabu; The story of Kari the dancer; Aukum & Tiai; The story of Nori, the snake; The origin-myth of the hammer-headed shark & crocodile totems of Yam; The saga of Kwoiam; Uga, the mortal girl who marries a spirit man; Tabepa, the mortal man who marries a spirit girl; Drak; The story of Mutuk; The dogai of Karapar; The story of Greedy Gwoba; Amipuru; Yadzebur; Sara & Baugai; The stranding of the first coconut on Muralug; The story of Amdua; The mangrove & the crab. Page 107-112 gives a brief synopsis of the 46 myths recounted


Geography & geology.
Vol 1, p. 19-36
Geology & geography of the Islands in the Torres Strait. Includes the Islands listed above as well as Daru, North Possession Island, Saddle island, Mukwa (Cap) Island, Garboi, Umaga (Keats Island), Damut (Dalrymple Island), Dauar, Wiaer, Edugor, Zapker & Ugar


Initiation.
Vol 5, p. 208-221
Accounts of initiation rites on Tutu, Nagir, Mabuiag, Saibai, Muralug & Hammond Island Islands & the Yaraikana of Cape York


Music.
Vol 4, p. 238-269
Information on traditional music in the Torres Strait with an emphasis on Murray Island.


Women's puberty customs.
Vol 5, p. 201-207
Account of puberty customs on Saibai, Mabuiag & Yam Islands & beliefs & customs concerning catamenis (menstruation). Also looks at puberty rituals on Cape York among the Yaraikanna, Uiyumkwi & Otati tribes


Erub: Ethnography.
Vol 1, p. 193-196
Information on rituals & ceremonies, weddings, funeral ceremonies, corpse-eating & massacre of shipwrecked persons (Sarup) on Darnley Island

Sarup


Morals.
Vol 5, p. 272-279
Information on morals in the Western Torres Strait & the sanctions for not living up to them. Sections include; Domestic morality; Sexual morality & incest; Commercial morality; Crime; Revenge; Homicide & the treatment of strangers


Various social contacts.
Vol 1, p. 347-350
Information on fighting, head-hunting, sarup, contacts with strangers & trade in the Torres Strait


Calendar of Western Islands of Torres Straits.
Vol 4, p. 228
Table of the calendar in the Western Torres Strait according to the Seasons

Seasons


Seasons.
Vol 4, p. 225-228
Article on the seasons in the Western & Eastern Torres Strait. In the Western Torres Strait the seasons were divided into Surlal, Raz, Kuk &, Aibaud. Gives details


Cutaneous sensations.
Vol 2, p. 189-195
Information on cutaneous sensations amongst Torres Strait Islanders. Includes the delicacy of tactile discrimination, localisation of point of skin touched, temperature spots & sensibility to pain

Senses & sensations


Birth & childhood customs.
Vol 5, p. 194-200
Information on birth & childhood customs. Pregnancy custom in Saibai, food taboos for women, treatment of the afterbirth at Saibai, Yam & Mabuiag. Limitation of children (sterility & infanticide), twins (one of the twins is usually killed), customs after childbirth & the treatment of children

Sexual practices


Courtship & marriage.
Vol 6, p. 112-119
Information on marriage rituals & ceremonies on Murray Island & how they have changed with the coming of the Missionaries. Includes details on Kaketut, present of food & how families prefer their daughters to marry Pacific Islanders on Manila men as they can offer a higher bride-price


The ethnography of the various Islands: Saibai.
Vol 1, p. 43-49
Account of various rituals, ceremonies & stories relating to the inhabitants of Saibai. Includes a detailed account on the Cargo cult that spread on Saibai Island in 1913 & 1914, the German Wislin cult


Morals.
Vol 5, p. 272-279
Information on morals in the Western Torres Strait & the sanctions for not living up to them. Sections include; Domestic morality; Sexual morality & incest; Commercial morality; Crime; Revenge; Homicide & the treatment of strangers


Sexual taboos.
Vol 5, p. 271
Account of sexual taboos in the Western Torres Strait


Historical sketch: the early voyagers.
Vol 1, p. 3-12
History of exploration in the Torres Strait from Torres to the late 19th century. Includes a detailed account of the Charles Eaton & the massacre of its crew

Ship - Endeavour


Conditions on the Central Islands one hundred years ago.
Vol 1, p. 84-86
Account of the wreck of the Charles Eaton from the Nautical Magazine, 1837, p. 656-660. Includes information on the survivors & those massacred

Shipwrecks - Charles Eaton


The cult of Kulka.
Vol 5, p. 378
Account of the Cult of Kulka on Aureed Island. Haddon observed the ceremonial figure (Picture on Plate XX fig 1) & concludes that the skulls were from the shipwrecked passengers from the Charles Eaton


Historical sketch: the early voyagers.
Vol 1, p. 3-12
History of exploration in the Torres Strait from Torres to the late 19th century. Includes a detailed account of the Charles Eaton & the massacre of its crew


Historical sketch: the early voyagers.
Vol 1, p. 3-12
History of exploration in the Torres Strait from Torres to the late 19th century. Includes a detailed account of the Charles Eaton & the massacre of its crew

Shipwrecks - Isabelle


The ethnography of the various Islands: Nagir.
Vol 1, p. 68-71
Account of various rituals, ceremonies & stories relating to the inhabitants of Naghir Island. Describes death ceremonies, sacred sites & the practice of infanticide as well as the Sperwer massacre in 1870
Shipwrecks - Sperwer


The gesture language of the Eastern Islanders.
Vol 3, p. 261-262
Gesture language of the Eastern Torres Strait

Sign Language


The gesture language of the Western Islanders.
Vol 3, p. 255-260
Gesture language of the Western Torres Strait


Smell.
Vol 2, p. 169-185
Information on smell amongst Torres Strait Islanders. Sections include olfactory acuity & discrimination of odour-strengths & memory & discrimination of odours

Smell


Social organisation.
Vol 6, p. 169-184
Information on social organisation on Murray Island. Describes the grouping of villages on Mer, Dauar & Waier & the kinship processes; Adoption; Law & government; Crime; Civil suits which are mainly concerned with property disputes.

Social customs


Weapons & objects employed in warfare.
Vol 4, p. 172-204
Detailed information on weapons used in the Torres Strait including arrows, clubs, spears, beheading knife & head-carrier as well as decoration used for warfare

Spears


Decorative, pictorial & glyptic art.
Vol 4, p. 342-393
Information on traditional art in the Torres Strait. Includes technique, patterns & designs, representations of sorcery & natural phenomena, plants, animals, human beings & various objects. Decoration of special objects, i.e., combs, drums, dugong harpoons, tobacco pipes & spinning tops. Names & significance of patterns & designs, treatment of decorated surfaces, pigments & carving in the round

Spinning tops


Games & toys.
Vol 4, p. 312-341
Information on games & toys in traditional Torres Strait Society. Includes games of movement that develop & exercise bodily powers, games of dexterity & skill, games of emulation, Games of imitation, games of divination, various toys, string figures & tricks,


Ugar (Stephens Island)
Vol 1, p. 201-205
Folk-tales for Ugar including the story of the fire-eye, the origin of the sabay fish, the discovery of coconuts & the story of Daumer & Seprumrum. Also gives a 18th century account of the Islanders

Stephen Island


Stones of power.
Vol 1, p. 356-368
Information on power stones, zogo & ritual & revered images & objects in the Torres Strait. The power stones include those carved to represent animals or heads of animals, human form or face, memorial stones, spirit stones of augud, stones connected with gardens, stones to control animal life, stones associated with the sky & images carved in wood
Stones, story


Erub: Food-getting activities.
Vol 1, p. 196-198
Information on Horticulture, rain-making & fishing on Darnley Island

Subsistence economy


Horticulture.
Vol 4, p. 144-151
Information on horticulture in the Torres Strait as well as methods of obtaining water


Murray Islands: Horticulture.
Vol 1, p. 131-150
Article on traditional horticulture on Murray Island. Includes information when to sow & plant, ritual practices, rain making, rites, stones of power & zogo connected with horticulture, rituals for fruits, yams & coconuts, rites for snakes & bats, & taboos on gardens


Birth & childhood customs.
Vol 5, p. 194-200
Information on birth & childhood customs. Pregnancy custom in Saibai, food taboos for women, treatment of the afterbirth at Saibai, Yam & Mabuiag. Limitation of children (sterility & infanticide), twins (one of the twins is usually killed), customs after childbirth & the treatment of children

Taboos


Birth & childhood customs & limitation of children.
Vol 6, p. 105-111
Information on pregnancy customs, food taboos on pregnant women, child-birth, limitation of children, foeticide (abortion), infanticide, the killing of one child when twins are born, customs after child-birth & puberty customs & beliefs


Food & its preparation & narcotics.
Vol 4, p. 130-143
Information on cooking in the Torres Strait including the preparation of food, fruits, stems, tubers & roots, animal food, anthropophagy, food restrictions, liquids & the use of tobacco


Kinship.
Vol 6, p. 92-101
Information on kinship, kinship taboos & the functions of kin in the Murray Island group


Morals.
Vol 5, p. 272-279
Information on morals in the Western Torres Strait & the sanctions for not living up to them. Sections include; Domestic morality; Sexual morality & incest; Commercial morality; Crime; Revenge; Homicide & the treatment of strangers


Murray Islands: Horticulture.
Vol 1, p. 131-150
Article on traditional horticulture on Murray Island. Includes information when to sow & plant, ritual practices, rain making, rites, stones of power & zogo connected with horticulture, rituals for fruits, yams & coconuts, rites for snakes & bats, & taboos on gardens


Murray Islands: Omens & divination & taboos.
Vol 1, p. 129-131
Information on omens, divination & restraints & sanctions in Murray Island society in the late 19th century


Personal names.
Vol 5, p. 280-283
Article on personal names & their use in the Western Torres Strait


The regulation of marriage.
Vol 5, p. 233-247
An analysis of marriages at Badu & Mabuiag & between the 2 Islands. Other aspects on which information is provided are marriage restrictions, exchange of brothers & sisters, polygamy, marriage of sisters, marrying a brother's widow (Levirate), divorce & the age of marriage


Sabi (taboo)
Vol 5, p. 269-270
Account of taboos in the Western Torres Strait


Sexual taboos.
Vol 5, p. 271
Account of sexual taboos in the Western Torres Strait


Taboo.
Vol 6, p. 246-250
Look at taboos of places, gardens 7 garden produce & taboos on names & food taboos


Totemism.
Vol 5, p.153-193
Detailed account of Totemism in the Western Torres Strait. Lists the totems for Mabuiag, Badu, Moa, Muralug, Nagir, Tutu, Yam & Saibai. Includes a systemic list of all totems known from the western Torres Strait on p. 157. Other sections include representations of the totems; social aspects of totemism; Clans of the western Islands. For Mabuiag the clans were Dangal, Kaigas, Kodal, Sam, Surlal, Tabu & Umai. Badu were Tapimil, Kodal, Tabu, Dangal & Sam. Saibai were Kodal, Sam, Daubau, Umai & Tabu. In Yam the clans were Kodal, Kursi, Umai, Waru & Tabu. There is a Ger clan on Warraber. There is a section looking at the dual grouping of clans that formerly occurred on Mabuiag, Tutu, Yam, Muralug, Saibai & Mabuiag. Also analyses the marriages between various clans. Part 6 deals with subsidiary totems. The magical & religious aspects of totemism are discussed including the symbolic magic associated with the dugong & turtle as well as totem taboos. Concludes with the Ari of the Yaraikanna Tribe of Cape York


Taste.
Vol 2, p. 185 - 188
Information on taste amongst Torres Strait Islanders.

Taste


Food & its preparation & narcotics.
Vol 4, p. 130-143
Information on cooking in the Torres Strait including the preparation of food, fruits, stems, tubers & roots, animal food, anthropophagy, food restrictions, liquids & the use of tobacco

Tobacco


Tobacco smoking.
Vol 1, p. 303-304
Information on the smoking of tobacco in the Torres Strait


The cult of Kwoiam.
Vol 5, p. 367-378
Information on the Cult of Kwoiam on the Sacred Island of Pulu near Mabuiag, where skulls of the dead slain in battle were kept & ceremonies performed

Totems


The cult of Sigai & Maiau.
Vol 5, p. 373-378
Account of the Sigai & Maiau Cults on Tutu & Yam. Gives details


The ethnography of the various Islands: Mabuiag.
Vol 1, p. 55-62
Account of various rituals, ceremonies & stories relating to the inhabitants of Mabuiag. Includes birthing customs & a detailed account of totems, clans & moieties


Murray Islands: Territorial groupings.
Vol 1, p. 159-173
Information on clans & cults on Murray Island. Includes; Information on the 9 recognised districts on Mer & Dauar as of the late 19th century & how they correspond with the districts from earlier times; Gives stories of the ancestors of the current descendants whose names they bear. Gives detailed information on the Bomai-Malu cult & 2 older cults, Beizam & Dogai & the relation of Bomai-Malu to these 2 older cults. Concludes with an extensive list of the localities of the zogo & various local practices & who owns the stars


North Queensland.
Vol 1, p. 266-274
Information on the Kako Ya'o, Akainta, dugong hunters & sivirri, the culture hero of the Tjungundji & Ged'a Oiyandai


Supernatural beings.
Vol 5, p. 353-367
Information on supernatural beings in the Western Torres Strait. Sections include; Giants & tailed-man; Dogai; Transformation; Spirits & the future state; Story of the boy who was spirited away; Muri (These are spirits associated with waterspouts); Omens; Dreams; Divination; Austerities & purification; Sacred stones & carved images; Totemism; Ancestor worship; The Kwod in Religion


Totemism.
Vol 5, p.153-193
Detailed account of Totemism in the Western Torres Strait. Lists the totems for Mabuiag, Badu, Moa, Muralug, Nagir, Tutu, Yam & Saibai. Includes a systemic list of all totems known from the western Torres Strait on p. 157. Other sections include representations of the totems; social aspects of totemism; Clans of the western Islands. For Mabuiag the clans were Dangal, Kaigas, Kodal, Sam, Surlal, Tabu & Umai. Badu were Tapimil, Kodal, Tabu, Dangal & Sam. Saibai were Kodal, Sam, Daubau, Umai & Tabu. In Yam the clans were Kodal, Kursi, Umai, Waru & Tabu. There is a Ger clan on Warraber. There is a section looking at the dual grouping of clans that formerly occurred on Mabuiag, Tutu, Yam, Muralug, Saibai & Mabuiag. Also analyses the marriages between various clans. Part 6 deals with subsidiary totems. The magical & religious aspects of totemism are discussed including the symbolic magic associated with the dugong & turtle as well as totem taboos. Concludes with the Ari of the Yaraikanna Tribe of Cape York


Totemism.
Vol 6, p. 254-259
Discussion on totems among the Murray Islanders


Murray Islands: Various socialising customs.
Vol 1, p. 176-183
Information on songs, games, & cooking & feasting practices & ceremonies including Rob Wed, Wetpur & kaketut on Murray island. Also discusses messengers & message sticks, called tom & trade between Murray island & the peoples from the Fly River Estuary in Papua New Guinea

Trade & trading


Trade.
Vol 5, p. 293-297
Information on trade in the Torres Strait. Sections include intra-insular trade, trade with new Guinea, trade with Cape York, trade with the White Man, canoe traffic.


Trade.
Vol 6, p. 185-188
Details of trade & bartering including information on canoe traffic & purchase & the bartering of goods with foreigners in the 19th century & the influence this has had


Various social contacts.
Vol 1, p. 347-350
Information on fighting, head-hunting, sarup, contacts with strangers & trade in the Torres Strait


The Beche-de-mer & trochus fisheries.
Vol 1, p. 15
Account of the trochus & Beche-de-Mer industries in the Torres Strait in the 19th century

Trochus


Hunting & fishing.
Vol 4, p. 152-171
Information on hunting & fishing in the Torres Strait including turtle fishing, & the hunting of dugong

Turtle, green


Magic connected with fishing.
Vol 5, p. 330-339
Use of magic to aid fishing. Includes use of magic for turtle fishing; the turtle ceremony at Pulu; the ceremony at the Waiwai tree at Gumu & the Waiwai stone at Tutu & magical ceremonies connected with dugong hunting


Magical practices to control animal life.
Vol 6, p. 213-220
Information on ceremonies & magical practices to control animal life. Includes information on turtle ceremonies, dugong charms, fish charms, control of mosquitoes, ensuring a plentiful supply of tern's eggs & preventing rats from destroying garden crops & bananas


Murray Islands: Fishing.
Vol 1, p. 150-158
Information on traditional fishing in the Murray Island group including stone fish traps, fish nets, turtle farming, ritual practices to secure good fishing, turtle ceremonies. Mentions that dugong were rarely caught by Murray Islanders


Rites & ritual objects connected with dugong & turtle hunting.
Vol 1, p. 351-354
Information on rites & ritual objects connected with dugong & turtle hunting in the Torres Strait


Domestic utensils, tools & food.
Vol 1, p. 301-303
Information on utensils, tools, food & cooking in the Torres Strait

Utensils


Pounding, scraping & cutting implements.
Vol 4, p. 123-129
Information on the use of pounding, scraping & cutting implements, finishing tools & the use of iron in the Torres Strait


Vessels.
Vol 4, p. 122-123
Information on the use of utensils in the Torres Strait


Psychology & behaviour.
Vol 1, p. 284-289
Information on research on the psychology & behaviour of Torres Strait Islanders as carried out by the Haddon Expedition

Vision


Vision.
Vol 2, p. 1-132
Information on vision obtained by the Haddon Expedition to the Torres Strait in 1898. Sections are; Physical characters & diseases of the eyes, visual acuity, colour vision & visual spatial perception


Cults with initiation ceremonies.
Vol 6, p. 272-280
Article on initiation cults including the Meket Siriam Zogo, Meket Sarik & the Waiet Zogo

Waiet


Culture-bearers, cult-heroes & hero cults.
Vol 1, p. 374-414
Information on hero cults in the Torres Strait. Includes sida & said (Sido & soido), Iko & Hido, cult of Kwoiam, the cult of sigai & maiau, the cult of Bamai-Malu, the cults of the Bretheren, The Hiamu, The cult of Waiet, the cult heroes of Waiat & naga


The ethnography of the various Islands: Warraber.
Vol 1, p. 86-87
Account of various rituals, ceremonies & stories relating to the inhabitants of Warraber Island
Warraber Island


Chieftainship in Tutu.
Vol 5, p. 268
Account of chieftains & leaders at Tutu Island

Warrior Island


Courtship & marriage.
Vol 5, p. 222-232
Accounts of courtship & marriage on Mabuiag & Muralug, the changes caused by the Missionaries & polygamy & compensation to parents-in law (Bride price)


The cult of Sigai & Maiau.
Vol 5, p. 373-378
Account of the Sigai & Maiau Cults on Tutu & Yam. Gives details


The ethnography of the various Islands: Yam - Tutu.
Vol 1, p. 71-84
Account of various rituals, ceremonies & stories relating to the inhabitants of Yam & Tutu Island


Funeral ceremonies.
Vol 5, p. 248-262
Information on funeral ceremonies. Sections include; death & treatment of the corpse; The skull-giving ceremony; tai or markai (death-dance); mourning & present customs. Specific details are given for practices on Tutu, Nagir, Muralug & Hammond Island


Genealogies.
Vol 5, p. 121-128
Tables 1-12 are genealogies for Mabuiag. Tables 13-15 are for Badu & the members of Clans listed in tables 8 & 11 now live in Badu. Tables 16-17A are for Tutu, Yam & Muralug


Geography & geology.
Vol 1, p. 19-36
Geology & geography of the Islands in the Torres Strait. Includes the Islands listed above as well as Daru, North Possession Island, Saddle island, Mukwa (Cap) Island, Garboi, Umaga (Keats Island), Damut (Dalrymple Island), Dauar, Wiaer, Edugor, Zapker & Ugar


Initiation.
Vol 5, p. 208-221
Accounts of initiation rites on Tutu, Nagir, Mabuiag, Saibai, Muralug & Hammond Island Islands & the Yaraikana of Cape York


Tales of the War-path.
Vol 5, p. 308-319
Accounts of battles in the Torres Strait. Includes the feud between Mabuiag & Moa which resulted in the Massacre of Moa people; The fight at Dauan between Dauan & Mabuiag men; The massacre by Mabuiag & Badumen at Gu on Moa; The killing of a Tutu crew on Mabuiag


Totemism.
Vol 5, p.153-193
Detailed account of Totemism in the Western Torres Strait. Lists the totems for Mabuiag, Badu, Moa, Muralug, Nagir, Tutu, Yam & Saibai. Includes a systemic list of all totems known from the western Torres Strait on p. 157. Other sections include representations of the totems; social aspects of totemism; Clans of the western Islands. For Mabuiag the clans were Dangal, Kaigas, Kodal, Sam, Surlal, Tabu & Umai. Badu were Tapimil, Kodal, Tabu, Dangal & Sam. Saibai were Kodal, Sam, Daubau, Umai & Tabu. In Yam the clans were Kodal, Kursi, Umai, Waru & Tabu. There is a Ger clan on Warraber. There is a section looking at the dual grouping of clans that formerly occurred on Mabuiag, Tutu, Yam, Muralug, Saibai & Mabuiag. Also analyses the marriages between various clans. Part 6 deals with subsidiary totems. The magical & religious aspects of totemism are discussed including the symbolic magic associated with the dugong & turtle as well as totem taboos. Concludes with the Ari of the Yaraikanna Tribe of Cape York


Horticulture.
Vol 4, p. 144-151
Information on horticulture in the Torres Strait as well as methods of obtaining water

Water supply


The ethnography of the various Islands: Yam - Tutu.
Vol 1, p. 71-84
Account of various rituals, ceremonies & stories relating to the inhabitants of Yam & Tutu Island

Weapons


Warfare.
Vol 5, p. 298-307
Article on warfare in the Torres Strait & preparation for War. Includes war preparation rituals, war dances, preparation of heads for Augudalkula & Kwikwi-iut & Kwod


Weapons.
Vol 1, p. 304-305
Information on weapons in the Torres Strait


Weapons & objects employed in warfare.
Vol 4, p. 172-204
Detailed information on weapons used in the Torres Strait including arrows, clubs, spears, beheading knife & head-carrier as well as decoration used for warfare


Geography.
Vol 4, p. 229-232
Information on geography, natural history, directions of space & the relation of man to his surroundings in the Torres Strait

Weather


Magical practices to control the elements.
Vol 6, p. 194-202
Information on rain-making & controlling the wind.


Textiles.
Vol 1, p. 298-299
Information on preparation of leaves for making mats & baskets & the production of mats & baskets

Weaving


Textiles.
Vol 4, p. 63-88
Detailed account of the use of textiles in traditional Torres Strait Society. Includes information on mats, belts & bands, baskets & petticoats


Erub: Ethnography.
Vol 1, p. 193-196
Information on rituals & ceremonies, weddings, funeral ceremonies, corpse-eating & massacre of shipwrecked persons (Sarup) on Darnley Island

Weddings


The ethnography of the various Islands: Prince of Wales Group.
Vol 1, p. 65-68
Account of various rituals, ceremonies & stories relating to the inhabitants of Prince of Wales, Hamond & Wednesday (Maurura) Islands

Wednesday Island


Magical practices to control the elements.
Vol 6, p. 194-202
Information on rain-making & controlling the wind.

Wind


Murray Islands: Death & mortuary practices & ceremonies.
Vol 1, p. 117-129
detailed account of traditional mortuary practices & ceremonies on Murray Island in the late 19th century as well as the status & situation of the widow
Women


The cult of Sigai & Maiau.
Vol 5, p. 373-378
Account of the Sigai & Maiau Cults on Tutu & Yam. Gives details

Yam Island


Culture-bearers, cult-heroes & hero cults.
Vol 1, p. 374-414
Information on hero cults in the Torres Strait. Includes sida & said (Sido & soido), Iko & Hido, cult of Kwoiam, the cult of sigai & maiau, the cult of Bamai-Malu, the cults of the Bretheren, The Hiamu, The cult of Waiet, the cult heroes of Waiat & naga


The ethnography of the various Islands: Yam - Tutu.
Vol 1, p. 71-84
Account of various rituals, ceremonies & stories relating to the inhabitants of Yam & Tutu Island


Folk tales.
Vol 5, p. 9-120
Folk tales from the Torres Strait. Folk tales include; sun, moon & night; Dogai Metakorab & Bu; Dogai; The two dogai of Muralug; The origin of fire; How fire was brought to Kiwai; The origin of Kiwai & its inhabitants; The origin of Hammond Rock; The story of the 6 blind brothers (Badu); Dogai Zug; The stone that fell from the sky; the birth of Kusa Kup, the mythical bird; The story of Siwai, or the origin of mosquitoes & flies; The first man of Saibai; Sida, the bestower of vegetable food; Sida (Saibai version); Sida (Kiwai version); The sad end of Yawar the gardener; Gelam; Sesere, the dugong hunter; How Bia introduced fishing with the sucker-fish into the Islands; The story of Upi; Naga, the instructor of the death-dances; Naga, the master of ceremonies in Nagir; Waiat; Tabu; The story of Kari the dancer; Aukum & Tiai; The story of Nori, the snake; The origin-myth of the hammer-headed shark & crocodile totems of Yam; The saga of Kwoiam; Uga, the mortal girl who marries a spirit man; Tabepa, the mortal man who marries a spirit girl; Drak; The story of Mutuk; The dogai of Karapar; The story of Greedy Gwoba; Amipuru; Yadzebur; Sara & Baugai; The stranding of the first coconut on Muralug; The story of Amdua; The mangrove & the crab. Page 107-112 gives a brief synopsis of the 46 myths recounted


Genealogies.
Vol 5, p. 121-128
Tables 1-12 are genealogies for Mabuiag. Tables 13-15 are for Badu & the members of Clans listed in tables 8 & 11 now live in Badu. Tables 16-17A are for Tutu, Yam & Muralug


Geography & geology.
Vol 1, p. 19-36
Geology & geography of the Islands in the Torres Strait. Includes the Islands listed above as well as Daru, North Possession Island, Saddle island, Mukwa (Cap) Island, Garboi, Umaga (Keats Island), Damut (Dalrymple Island), Dauar, Wiaer, Edugor, Zapker & Ugar


Totemism.
Vol 5, p.153-193
Detailed account of Totemism in the Western Torres Strait. Lists the totems for Mabuiag, Badu, Moa, Muralug, Nagir, Tutu, Yam & Saibai. Includes a systemic list of all totems known from the western Torres Strait on p. 157. Other sections include representations of the totems; social aspects of totemism; Clans of the western Islands. For Mabuiag the clans were Dangal, Kaigas, Kodal, Sam, Surlal, Tabu & Umai. Badu were Tapimil, Kodal, Tabu, Dangal & Sam. Saibai were Kodal, Sam, Daubau, Umai & Tabu. In Yam the clans were Kodal, Kursi, Umai, Waru & Tabu. There is a Ger clan on Warraber. There is a section looking at the dual grouping of clans that formerly occurred on Mabuiag, Tutu, Yam, Muralug, Saibai & Mabuiag. Also analyses the marriages between various clans. Part 6 deals with subsidiary totems. The magical & religious aspects of totemism are discussed including the symbolic magic associated with the dugong & turtle as well as totem taboos. Concludes with the Ari of the Yaraikanna Tribe of Cape York


Ubarau zogo.
Vol 5, p. 347-348
Information on the Ubarau zogo on Yam Island. It was a small stone figure & was a shrine to the wongai fruit


Women's puberty customs.
Vol 5, p. 201-207
Account of puberty customs on Saibai, Mabuiag & Yam Islands & beliefs & customs concerning catamenis (menstruation). Also looks at puberty rituals on Cape York among the Yaraikanna, Uiyumkwi & Otati tribes



Yorke Island
The ethnography of the various Islands: Masig, Umaga, Damut & Mauar.
Vol 1, p. 90-95
Account of various rituals, ceremonies & stories relating to the inhabitants of Yorke, Mauar (Mowar, Rennel Island), Umaga & Damut (Damud, Jarmuth, Dalrymple) Islands