Among the Trobrianders, a "baloma" is a:

A) ?vengeful ancestor spirit that punishes social transgressors.
B) ?spirit that brings good luck to hunters.
C) ?spirit that represents the dead who did not receive a proper burial.
D) ?spirit child which will eventually enter the womb of a woman of the samematrilineage as itself.


D

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