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The customs of the Ch'uan Miao
Journal of the West China Border Research Society • 9 • Published In 1937 • Pages: 13-70 , , plates
By: Graham, David Crockett.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
A fairly complete (for its size) general ethnography, this document deals with the following topics: language (grammar and phonology especially); historical background; subsistence; dwellings; measures; furniture; clothing; embroidery; family life; kinship terminology; ethnocentricism; village government; sports and games; music; sex; ceremonials; marriage; life cycle; magico-religious practitioners; divination; sacrifice; burial and mourning; festival-ceremonial calendary; legends; eschatology; supernaturals; amulets; and missions. Six of the 13 plates are excellent reproductions of Ch'uan Miao clothing and embroidery; the rest are concerned with clothing, ceremonial, and kinship terminology. The Miao people described here are probably Szechwan Hua (Flowery) Miao; however, they may be White Miao. For further information on the Ch'uan Miao, see HRAF document no. 9:Graham and HRAF document number 10: Graham.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Phonology
- Kin relationships
- Routes
- History
- Tillage
- Domesticated animals
- Military installations
- Ritual
- Burial practices and funerals
- Division of labor by gender
- Weights and measures
- Extramarital sex relations
- Music
- Arranging a marriage
- Sexuality
- Prayers and sacrifices
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Miao
- 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
- Arthur Fields
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1921-1936
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1920-1936
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Szechuan Province, China
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] David Crockett Graham
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ethnology--Hmong (Asian people)