Book
Fijian material culture: a study of cultural context, function, and change
Bishop Museum Press • (232) • Published In 1968 • Pages: vi, 193
By: Tippett, Alan R. (Alan Richard).
Abstract
This document discusses change and continuity in Fijian material culture (with particular emphasis on clubs, boats, turtle fishing nets, and houses) in order to explore the contexts in which the object belonged, the people who made and used them, and the institutions that gave them value. For example, clubs were extensively used not only as weapons of war, but also as sacred objects in times of peace. Likewise, boats and turtle fishing nets had both secular and sacred contexts. With the advent of Christianity and British colonialism, most of the artifacts lost their sacred functions. Consequently, war clubs were gradually replaced by imported guns, and traditional temples and other sacred places became sites for building churches.
- Region
- Oceania
- Sub Region
- Polynesia
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Types
- Missionary
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi Abate Adem ; 2017
- Field Date
- 1941-1961
- Coverage Date
- 1839-1961
- Coverage Place
- Fiji
- Notes
- Alan Richard Tippett
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-189)
- LCCN
- 68022460
- LCSH
- Material culture--Fiji
- Fiji--Social life and customs