Book
The Negritos of Asia; vol. 2, ethnography of the Negritos: half-vol. 1, economy and sociology
St. -Gabriel-Verlag • 12 • Published In 1954 • Pages: HRAF ms: vii, 351 [original: xiv, 340]
By: Schebesta, Paul, Schütze, Frieda.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This monograph, which is the first of two half-volumes on the ethnography of the Negritos of Asia, deals with the economy and sociology of the Andamanese Negritos, Semang, Sakai (Senoi )and Aeta groups. Only the material on the Semang and the Sakai or Senoi has been translated, and of that only the data relevant to the Semang has been indexed for OCM (Outline of Cultural Materials)subjects. Material on economy includes: housing, clothing and adornment, the food quest and food preparation, trade, medicine and leisure time activities. In discussing sociology Schebesta presents his complete material for the first time. This covers social organization, property rights, marriage and child rearing. A chapter describing his informants presents interesting life history materials. The material presented in this source is the result of two years field work during the periods 1924-1925 and 1938-1939. Information is given about the following Semang groups: Jahay, Kenta'-Bog'n, Kensiu, Lanoh, Menri', Batek, Sabub'n, Mos, Jedek, Karei, Tonga and Hami. An index of native terms appears at the end of the second half-volume (Schebesta, 1957, no. 2).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Field data
- Cultural participation
- Collecting
- Mats and basketry
- Woodworking
- Architecture
- Dwellings
- Furniture
- Building interiors and arrangement
- External trade
- Division of labor by gender
- Residence
- Nuclear family
- Extended families
- Kin relationships
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Semang
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- 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.
- 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
- Joan Steffens ; 1963, Teferi Abate Adem ; 2006
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1938-1939
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1924-1939
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Malaysia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Paul Schebesta
- Translation of: [Die Negrito Asiens; II. Band, Ethnographie der Negrito; 1. Halbband, Wirtschaft und Soziologie]
- Translated from the German for Human Relations Area Files by Frieda Schütze ca. 1963
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Batek (Malaysian people)/Semang (Malaysian people)