Book
In unknown China: a record of the observations, adventures and experiences of a pioneer missionary during a prolonged sojourn amongst the wild and unknown Nosu tribe of western China
J.B. Lippincott Company • Philadelphia, Pa. • Published In 1921 • Pages:
By: Pollard, Samuel.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This work is based on the author's personal observations during a prolonged sojourn among the Lolo. Material culture data covering a broad range of information is found throughout. Cultural differences between ethnic subgroups are indicated as are aspects of the Lolo social structure. Two maps pinpoint the Lolo area in West China.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Normal garb
- Castes
- Visiting and hospitality
- Slavery
- Community heads
- Inter-community relations
- External relations
- Sorcery
- Burial practices and funerals
- Magicians and diviners
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Yi
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- 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
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Missionary
- 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
- Robert E. Winter; 1956 ; Ian Skoggard; 2010
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1888-1915
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Sichuan Province, China
- NotesAdditional notes
- by S. Pollard
- Includes index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 21000706
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Yi (Chinese people)/Ethnology--China
- Nu (Chinese people)
- China--Description and travel