Box 1

Scope and Contents Includes Turnbull's field notes and related materials regarding the Mbuti from his 1954 and 1957-1958 trips to the DRC. Kept in original order, details Mbuti social structure (law and politics), environment, life stages (birth, marriage, death), rituals (nkumbi circumcision ritual, elima menstruation ritual, molimo spiritual ritual), music, villager-Mbuti relations, etc. Includes related research (articles and notes by Turnbull and others), maps and diagrams, and Turnbull's inventory of reel...