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 same matrilineage as itself.
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