Book
The Material culture of the Crow Indians
The Trustees of the American Museum of Natural History • 21 (3) • Published In 1922 • Pages: 201-270
By: Lowie, Robert Harry.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This survey of Crow material culture contains relatively detailed descriptions of utensils, tools, weapons, clothing, and pipes, with references to similar forms and usages among neighboring tribes. Crow mythology and legend are examined for clues to former technical skills and products. Games, sports and warfare are also discussed.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural identity and pride
- Comparative evidence
- Division of labor by gender
- Diet
- Collecting
- Hunting and trapping
- Food preparation
- Mythology
- General tools
- Utensils
- Heating and lighting equipment
- Fire
- Mythology
- Fire
- Personal grooming
- Work in skins
- Animal by-products
- Boats
- Infant care
- Vehicles
- Transmission of skills
- Community structure
- Rest days and holidays
- Mutual aid
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Crow
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2014
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Plains and Plateau
- 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
- Mary L. Bartlett ; 1954
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1907-1916
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1830-1915
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- northern Great Plains, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Robert H. Lowie
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-270)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 23003140
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Crow Indians
- Indians of North America--Material culture