The Tuma Underworld of Love -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Death on the Trobriand Islands and the Trobriand Islanders belief in a "baloma" spirit -- 1.1. Death on the Trobriand Islands -- 1.2. The Trobriand Islanders' belief in a "baloma" spirit -- Chapter 2 -- The spirits of the dead and their underworld life on Tuma Island -- 2.1. A baloma on his way to Tuma and his encounter with Topileta -- 2.2. How the newcomer is welcomed by the other baloma in the Tuma underworld -- 2.3. The life of the baloma in their Tuma underworld and their qualities -- 2.4. The baloma visiting their former villages during the harvest festivals -- 2.5. From baloma to spirit child: The Trobriand myth of conception -- 2.6. Eschatological concepts elsewhere in the Massim area and in the Pacific -- Chapter 3 -- The wosi milamala -- 3.1. The biga baloma variety of Kilivila and the wosi milamala -- 3.2. Dance magic -- 3.3. The wosi milamala -- 3.3.1 Wosi Bweyava - Song of the yava flower (?) -- 3.3.2 Wosi Omnuyobu - Song of Omnuyobu -- 3.3.3 Wosi Oruvekoya - Oruvekoya Song -- 3.3.4 Wosi Verai -- 3.3.5 Wosi Onegava - Song of the Canoe Onegava -- 3.3.6 Wosi Pilugwana - Song of the canoe Pilugwana -- 3.3.7 Wosi Dorai - Song of the canoe Dorai -- 3.3.8 Usi Veponu -- 3.3.9 Usi Veto'i -- 3.3.10 O Punatina - In Punatina -- 3.3.11 Wosi Bwebwe'una - Song of the village Bwebwe'una -- 3.3.12 Usi Vekota -- 3.3.13 Butugu - My Song/My Renown -- 3.3.14 Bweyega - The village Bweyega -- 3.3.15 Wosi Dubeyara - Song of the village Dubeyara -- 3.3.16 Wosi Dube'oli -- 3.3.17 Wosi Ye'ula -- 3.3.18 Wosi Oluvekoya - Oluvekoya Song -- 3.3.20 Wosi Diyapani - The Song of the Japanese -- 3.3.21 A few final remarks and comments on form and content -- Chapter 4.

The moribund language of the spirits of the dead and its consequences for the Trobriand Islanders' culture -- Appendix I -- Appendix II -- References -- Index.