Book
Living with Lepchas: a book about the Sikkim Himalayas
William Heinemann Ltd. • London • Published In 1938 • Pages:
By: Morris, John.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a popular account of a six-months stay among the Lepcha, a relatively unacculturated group living in northeastern India on the Tibetan border. The book is loosely organized, being divided into separate parts: Introductory and Historical, The People, Magic and Spells, Family Life, Sex, Festivals, and a Conclusion with a chapter on economics. Impressionistic rather than analytic, this source should be read in conjunction with 1: Gorer, Gorer having been Morris' companion during their stay with the Lepchas. Some chapters contain references at the end, but these are also included in a final bibliography. There is a three-section index of persons, places, and general items. The source is particularly strong on ceremonial, sex, and personality data. Morris, a former army officer turned traveler and explorer, at the time of the field work held the Studentship in Anthropology of the William Wyse Foundation of the University of Cambridge.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Sacred objects and places
- Organized ceremonial
- Literary texts
- Life history materials
- Magical and mental therapy
- Priesthood
- Mythology
- History
- Mode of marriage
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Secondary marriages
- Basis of marriage
- Normal garb
- Preventive medicine
- Legal norms
- Revelation and divination
- Utensils
- Dwellings
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Comparative evidence
- Luck and chance
- Cereal agriculture
- Conception
- Arranging a marriage
- Magic
- Gift giving
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Lepcha
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2003
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central 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.
- 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
- Timothy J. O'Leary ; 1958
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1937
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1937-1938
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Lingthem, Sikkim, India
- NotesAdditional notes
- by John Morris, who also took the photographs which illustrate it
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-306) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 38018583
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Lepcha (South Asian people)