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The Nicobar Islanders: part 1
Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland • 18 • Published In 1889 • Pages: 354-394
By: Man, Edward Horace.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is ethnography of the Nicobar Islands is by the British government official, Edward Horace Mann, who conducted several tours of duty there between 1871 and 1875, with additional trips in 1879, 1885, 1888, and 1894. The author discusses the geography, history (including origins), and demography of the Islands, but mostly focuses on biological anthropology: specific topics covered include physical descriptions, anthropometry down to length of fingers, sensory acuity, pulse and respiration rates, posture, gait, agility, endurance, attitudes towards labor, and pathologies.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Anthropometry
- Descriptive somatology
- Physiological data
- Population
- Morbidity
- History
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Nicobarese
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2016
- 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
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Government Official
- 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
- 1871-1887
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1871-1887
- 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
- Edward Horace Man
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- sn 99023445
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Nicobarese (Indic people)