Book

Ingalik material culture

Human Relations Area Files Press (22) • Published In 1970 • Pages: 500

By: Osgood, Cornelius.

Abstract
In this one of three volumes reconstructing traditional Ingalik culture and society back to first documented contact, Osgood classifies and analyzes more than three hundred Ingalik material culture items collected during his mid-1930s fieldwork, emphasizing form, manufacture, and utility in daily life.
Subjects
Bone, horn, and shell technology
Woodworking
Mats and basketry
Work in skins
Normal garb
Paraphernalia
Clothing manufacture
Dwellings
Building interiors and arrangement
Furniture
Utensils
General tools
Fishing
Fishing gear
Knots and lashings
Cordage
Boats
Vehicles
culture
Ingalik
HRAF PubDate
2016
Region
North America
Sub Region
Arctic and Subarctic
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Type
Anthropologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Teferi Abate Adem ; 2014
Field Date
1934, 1937
Coverage Date
1834-1937
Coverage Place
Anvik, southwestern Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States
Notes
Cornelius Osgood
Reprint of the 1940 ed.
Includes bibliographical references (p.485-487)
LCCN
77118248
LCSH
Deg Hit'an Indians--Material culture
Indians of North America--Material culture--Alaska