Book
The Negritos of Asia; vol. 2, ethnography of the Negritos: half-vol. 1, religion and mythology
St. -Gabriel-Verlag • 13 • Published In 1957 • Pages: HRAF ms: vi, 405 [original: xiv, 336 ]
By: Schebesta, Paul, Schütze, Frieda.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is the second half-volume on the ethnography of the Negritos of Asia(see Schebesta, 1954, no. 1). It deals with the religion, mythology and art of the Semang. (Material on the religion of the Aeta and the Andamanese has not been translated.)The author's field work includes the periods of 1924-1925, 1938-1939, and January - February 1952.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Descriptive somatology
- Vocabulary
- Collecting
- Mats and basketry
- Dwellings
- Furniture
- Building interiors and arrangement
- External trade
- Division of labor by gender
- Representative art
- Dance
- Mythology
- Burial practices and funerals
- Sacred objects and places
- Ritual
- Organized ceremonial
- 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
- 1924-1925, 1938-1939 and Jan. û Feb. 1952
- 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)