<div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt">Many thanks for all the information. </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt">I am now pretty sure that 'oil diwai' is Campnosperma brevipetiolata. </span></div>
<div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt">I was convinced when I saw the pictures. Neither Aluerites (candlenut) nor Pandanaus canoideus look anything like it. The latter is indeed referred to as 'marita' or even 'karuka' in Tok Pisin, which cover (at least) 12 Awiakay terms for different kinds of Pandanus.
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<br>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>than "Re: Contents of Mihalic digest..."<br><br><br>Today's Topics:<br><br> 1. tree oil (Bryant Allen)<br> 2. Re: oil diwai (<a href="mailto:rhide@coombs.anu.edu.au">
rhide@coombs.anu.edu.au</a>)<br><br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Message: 1<br>Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2007 12:56:15 +1100<br>From: Bryant Allen <<a href="mailto:bryant.allen@anu.edu.au">
bryant.allen@anu.edu.au</a>><br>Subject: [Mihalic] tree oil<br>To: <a href="mailto:mihalic@anu.edu.au">mihalic@anu.edu.au</a><br>Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:5.1.0.14.0.20070203122753.0acc4170@anumail.anu.edu.au">5.1.0.14.0.20070203122753.0acc4170@anumail.anu.edu.au
</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<br><br>Given the location of Kanjimei village, close to the mountains occupied by<br>scattered groups of fringe Gadio Enga speakers, the tree oil is probably
<br>Campnosperma brevipetiolata also known as tigasso. The oil from this tree<br>is used in Enga and elsewhere as a body decoration and for ceremonial and<br>ritual purposes.<br><br>However it could also be Aluerites (candlenut) or Pandanaus canoideus
<br>(marita in pidgin). Unlikely to be marita because it would be referred to<br>as "marita".<br><br>Dornstreich, M. (1977). The ecological description and analysis of tropical<br>subsistence patterns: an example from New Guinea. In Bayliss-Smith,
T.P.<br>and Feachem, R. (eds). Subsistence and Survival: Rural Ecology in the<br>Pacific. Academic Press, London. pp. 245-271.<br><br>Dornstreich, M.D. (1973). An Ecological Study of Gadio Enga (New Guinea)<br>Subsistence. PhD thesis. Columbia University, New York.
<br><br>Powell, J.M. (1976). Ethnobotany. In Paijmans, K. (ed). New Guinea<br>Vegetation. Australian National University Press, Canberra. p. 174<br><br>At 12:03 PM 3/02/2007 +1100, you wrote:<br>>Awiakay myths (Kanjimei village, East Sepik Province) often mention a tree
<br>>called *tomba*, which people translate into Tok Pisin as 'oil diwai'.<br>>Would anyone know the Latin / English name of this tree? Its sap is used<br>>for smearing bows and arrows and people say they also put it on wounds. I
<br>>have photos of the tree and its leaves and can mail them to anyone who<br>>would be able to recognise it.<br><br>Dr Bryant Allen<br>Senior Fellow<br>Land Management Group<br>Department of Human Geography<br>Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
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To: "Darja Hoenigman" <<a href="mailto:darja.hoenigman@gmail.com">darja.hoenigman@gmail.com</a>><br>Cc: <a href="mailto:mihalic@anu.edu.au">mihalic@anu.edu.au</a><br>Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:31378.202.209.7.59.1170511454.squirrel@rspas.anu.edu.au">
31378.202.209.7.59.1170511454.squirrel@rspas.anu.edu.au</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1<br><br>Darja-<br>just done some checking (following up Bryant's lead)-<br><br>1. Christin Kocher Schmid records "wel" as the tok pisin name of
<br>Campnosperma breviopetiolata -<br>see:<br>Kocher Schmidt, C. Methods work sheet 3: Terms in neo-melanesian pidgin<br>for plants and animals a compilation from various sources, The Future of<br>Rainforest Peoples- Papua New Guinea Working Group (FRP—PNG).
<br><a href="http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/Rainforest/frp-website/Publications/worksheets/SHEET3/biopidg_1.html">http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/Rainforest/frp-website/Publications/worksheets/SHEET3/biopidg_1.html</a><br><br>2. Very useful and relevant re Sepik is:
<br>Coiffier, C. 2002. Une " huile " végétale aux multiples usages dans la<br>région du fleuve Sépik (Papouasie Nouvelle-Guinée). Journal de la Société<br>des Océanistes, 114-115(1/2), 187-200.<br>Abstract:<br>The exudation of trees, Campnosperma species, is gathered on a large part
<br>of the Sepik River Valley basin. This exultation is on oily liquid that is<br>used locally for many rituals. Because it is seen locally as a vital<br>substance, it is used in various kind of exchanges.<br><br>3. and for the other side of the cordillerra---Southern Highlands-
<br>Paul Sillitoe has a couple of papers on Campnosperma (I don't have copies<br>with me so can't check if he gives any tok pisin terms):<br><br>Sillitoe, P. (1979). "Cosmetics from trees: an underrated trade in Papua
<br>New Guinea." Australian Natural History 19(9): 292-297.<br><br>Sillitoe, P. (1979). "The Menstruating Tree." Cambridge Anthropology 5(2):<br>32-47.<br><br><br>Also for the Southern Highlands, Barry Evans records another species
<br>(Buchanania sp. -(closely related he says to Campnosperma) as additionally<br>- with Campnosperma - as providing an oil...: in:<br><br>Evans, B. (no date) Non-Timber Forest Products with commercial potential<br>in the Kikori river watershed of PNG: Mt Bosavi and Upper Kikori. PO Box
<br>11, Moro, SHP, PNG, WWF-US Kikori Integrated Conservation and Development<br>Project.<br><br>cheers,<br><br>Robin<br><br><br><br>>> > Dear All,<br>>> ><br>>> ><br>>> > Awiakay myths (Kanjimei village, East Sepik Province) often mention a
<br>>> tree<br>>> > called *tomba*, which people translate into Tok Pisin as 'oil diwai'.<br>Would<br>>> > anyone know the Latin / English name of this tree? Its sap is used<br>for<br>>> > smearing bows and arrows and people say they also put it on wounds. I
<br>>> have<br>>> > photos of the tree and its leaves and can mail them to anyone who<br>>> would<br>>> be<br>>> > able to recognise it.<br>>> ><br>>> > Thanks in advance
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