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Pregnancy, birth and miscarriage among the inhabitants of Sakhalin Island (Gilyak and Ainu)
Anthropos • 5 • Published In 1910 • Pages: 756-774
By: Piłsudski, Bronisław, Neuse, Richard.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document, written from the field experiences of the author over a ten year period among the Ainu and Gilyak of Sakhalin Island, presents a comprehensive study of various aspects of reproduction among the Ainu. Data covered in the document pertain to women's status, pregnancy, childbirth, postnatal care of woman and child, native ideas about conception, miscarriage, abortion, twin births, beliefs about sterility, menstruation and menopause. In addition to a thorough coverage of the above aspects, there is additional information to be found in these pages on various medical practices and religious beliefs connected with childbirth.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Childbirth
- Magic
- Cult of the dead
- Difficult and unusual births
- Sacred objects and places
- Conception
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Postnatal care
- Abortion and infanticide
- Conception
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Ainu
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- East Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1965
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1895-1905
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1895-1905
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Sakhalin Island, Japan
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Bronislaw Pilsudski
- Translation of:[Schwangerschaft, entbindung und fehlgeburt bei den bewohnern der Insel Sachalin (Gilyaken und Ainu)]
- Pages 756-762, dealing with the Gilyak, were not translated.
- Translated from the German for the Human Relations Area Files by Richard Neuse in 1965
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 07021775
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ainu