Book

Tribal heritage: a study of the Santals

Lutterworth Press (15)Published In 1949 • Pages: xii, 222

By: Culshaw, W. J..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a thoroughly ethnographical description of the Santals, discussing their history and relationship to the surrounding Hindu population, social organization, life cycle, and religion; the economy is treated in a more generalized way. The impact of the Christian (Protestant) missions is described from its beginning in the middle of the 19th century. The author had spent eleven years as missionary amongst the Santal. His book is generally free from ideological prejudices.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Acculturation and culture contact
Sociocultural trends
Music
Literary texts
Prayers and sacrifices
Congregations
Organized ceremonial
Missions
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Santal
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
1998
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Asia
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
South 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.
Missionary
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
Sigrid Khera ; 1969
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1932-1943
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
not specified
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
India
NotesAdditional notes
by W. J. Culshaw
Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-209) and index
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
50026511
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Santal (South Asian people)