Book
Malay industries: fishing, hunting and trapping
Printed by J. E. Wallace at the F. M. S. Govt. Press • (2) • Published In 1929 • Pages: iii, 62
By: Winstedt, Richard.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This paper describes in detail the traps, nets and snares used in fishing, hunting and trapping and the purposes and circumstances under which each type is used. The role of the shaman (pawang) in all of these activities is discussed. Footnotes throughout the text give the Malay terms for these articles. The appendix includes the Malay text of charms used by elephant drivers.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Fishing
- Fishing gear
- Hunting and trapping
- Magic
- Marine industries
- Mutual aid
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- General character of religion
- Mats and basketry
- Weapons
- Cultural participation
- Domesticated animals
- Tillage
- Pharmaceuticals
- Fowling
- Verbal arts
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Malays
- 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
- Southeast 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.
- Government Official
- 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
- B. P. Emerson ; 1955
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- No date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900-1929
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Malaysia
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] R. O. Winstedt
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Malays (Asian people)