Book
The Haidah Indians of Queen Charlotte's Islands, British Columbia: with a brief description of their carvings, tattoo designs, etc.
Smithsonian Institution • Washington • Published In 1874 • Pages: iii, 18
By: Swan, James G..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This short work is based on archival research and the author’s encounter and interviews with members of a Haida trading group that had come to Port Townsend, Washington. It includes discussion of artifacts and design motifs (including drawings of tattoos) now part of the Smithsonian collection, and an account of early contact with the Haida.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Culture summary
- Fauna
- Visual arts
- Status, role, and prestige
- Mythology
- Spirits and gods
- Ethnometeorology
- Ethnozoology
- 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.
- 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
- Ian Skoggard; 2017
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1874
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1770-1874
- 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
- NotesAdditional notes
- By James G. Swan
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- s 13000088
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Haida Indians