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Early collections from the Pacific Eskimo
Ethnographical studies, published on the occasion of the centenary of the Ethnographical Deparment, National Museum • København • Published In 1941 • Pages: ix, 261
By: Birket-Smith, Kaj.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This monograph presents full descriptions of Pacific Eskimo artifacts in the collections of the National Museum in Copenhagen. Most of the material was collected in 1851 by Henrik Johan Holmberg (a Finnish naturalist) although some materials may be of an earlier date. (i.e., most of the stone implements are said to have been taken from graves). The bulk of the collection id from Kodiak Island, but some items from the Aglemiut Eskimo and others of more doubtful provenience are included. Artifacts described include: clothing, ornaments, hunting weapons, boats, miscellaneous tools and containers, and some sculpted pieces. The artifacts and their style of manufacture are fully described. There is very little information on social life. Bibliographic references will be found in the footnotes at the end of the text.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Culture summary
- Fishing gear
- Normal garb
- Clothing manufacture
- Ornament
- Personal grooming
- Weapons
- General tools
- Utensils
- Boats
- Decorative art
- Representative art
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Alutiiq
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- 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
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Ethnographer
- 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
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Eleanor Swanson ; Heather Fellows ; 1976
- 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
- ca. 1851-1863
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kodiak Island, Alaska, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Kaj Birket-Smith
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 49031808
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Koniagmiut Eskimos