Book
On the aboriginal inhabitants of the Andaman Islands
The Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland • London • Published In 1932 • Pages:
By: Man, Edward Horace.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Originally published in 1885, this work is a basic study of the Andaman islanders. Written by a government official who was in charge of public homes for the natives, the book covers most aspects of their material and non-material culture, as well as the physical anthropology of the people. There is an additional article in the rear of the book, 'Report of researches into the language of the south Andaman Island,' written by Alexandr J. Ellis, using the materials of E.H. Man and R.C. Temple. This article was originally published in the 'Transactions of the Philological Society,' 1882-3-4, pp. 44-73. HRAF has re-paginated these pages as 225-256.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Grammar
- Mythology
- Diet
- Phonology
- Ethnobotany
- Collecting
- Weapons
- General tools
- Division of labor by gender
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Vocabulary
- Music
- Normal garb
- Descriptive somatology
- Puberty and initiation
- Games
- Spirits and gods
- Food preparation
- Verbal arts
- Ornament
- Gestures and signs
- Ethnometeorology
- Tribe and nation
- Visiting and hospitality
- Etiquette
- Linguistic identification
- Hunting and trapping
- Boats
- Body alterations
- Miscellaneous hardware
- Mats and basketry
- History
- Rest days and holidays
- Lithic industries
- Mourning
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Andamans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1995
- 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
- 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
- James Leary ; 1957
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1869-1880
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1864-1932
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Andaman Islands, India
- NotesAdditional notes
- Edward Horace Man
- Includes index
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Andamanese (Indic people)