Book
In the Nicobar Islands: the record of a lengthy sojourn in islands of sunshine & palms amongst a people primitive in their habits & beliefs & simple in their manner of living, with a description of their customs & religious ceremonies & an accout of their superstitions, traditions, & folklore
Seeley, Service & Co. Limited • London • Published In 1924 • Pages:
By: Whitehead, George.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an early and fairly comprehensive ethnography by a British traveler, covering a broad range of topics in varying degrees of detail. Specific themes include geography, climate, history, fauna, settlements, names and naming, temperament, work ethic, encounters with British officials, dress, houses, diet, hospitality, trade, agriculture, canoes and canoe racing, dancing, childbirth, child care, spirits, "witch doctors," sickness, the "harvest festival" and annual trading excursion to Chowra Island, "devil murderers," funerals, "ossuary feasts," language, and folk tales.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Vegetable production
- Arboriculture
- Cordage
- Normal garb
- Dwellings
- Internal trade
- External trade
- Boats
- Art
- Visiting and hospitality
- External relations
- Spirits and gods
- Childbirth
- Infant care
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Nicobarese
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2017
- 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
- Ian Skoggard; 2014
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1912
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1901-1912
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Nicobar Islands, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
- NotesAdditional notes
- George Whitehead … With a preface by Sir Richard C. Temple
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 24031893
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Nicobar Islands (India)--Description and travel