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Weaving in its social context among the Atayal of Taiwan
Art in society: studies in style, culture and aesthetics • London • Published In 1978 • Pages: 175-191
By: Nettleship, Martin A..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of a contemporary Atayal weaving group. The author discusses the process from making and dying the yarn to weaving designs to clothing styles. Although weaving has lost its cosmological significance, it continues to be women's work that is highly regarded and lucrative, bringing status to the most creative and inventive weavers.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Cordage
- Woven and other interworked fabrics
- Labor and leisure
- Visual arts
- Status, role, and prestige
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Atayal
- 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
- essay
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard; 2019
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1964-1968
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1964-1968
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- north-central Taiwan
- NotesAdditional notes
- Martin A. Nettleship
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 190-191)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 78325360
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Atayal (Taiwan people)