book chapter

Aboriginal American harpoons: a study in ethnic distribution and invention

Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution for the year ending June 30, 1900WashingtonPublished In 1902 • Pages: 189-304

By: Mason, Otis Tufton.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
A comparative study of harpoons based primarily on specimens in the National Museum. Only a description and illustration of a sea otter dart from Unalaska are included.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Weapons
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Aleut
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2007
RegionThe area the document pertains to
North America
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Arctic and Subarctic
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
book chapter
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.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Leila S. Small ; 1950-1956
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
none specified
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Unalaska Island, Alaska, United States
NotesAdditional notes
Otis Tufton Mason
This document consists of excerpts
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
14019906
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Aleuts