Book
Rank and potlach among the Haida
Human Relations Area Files Press • New Haven • Published In 1970 • Pages: 20
By: Murdock, George Peter.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author discusses the Haida system of rank based on feasting, or "potlatch-status complex." Without a potlatch given in one's honor, one cannot acquire status. The four main types of potlatches are associated with building a house, funerals, avenging an insult, and raising a totem pole. Also discussed are the personal names, titles and crests associated with rank.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Gift giving
- Personal names
- Naming
- Status, role, and prestige
- Slavery
- Visiting and hospitality
- Household
- Extended families
- Lineages
- Moieties
- Social control
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Haida
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2017
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northwest Coast and California
- 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.
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard; 2016
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1932
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900-1932
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada; Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- George Peter Murdock
- Reprint of the 1936 ed.
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 70118246
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Haida Indians--Social life and customs