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Omaha dwelling, furniture, and implements
Thirteenth annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology, 1891-92 • Washington • Published In 1896 • Pages: 263-288
By: Dorsey, James Owen.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article provides information about the material culture of the Omaha with particular emphasis on their dwellings, furniture and implements. Sketches may be found throughout the source. The author did field work among the Omaha from 1878 to 1890.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Settlement patterns
- Recreational structures
- Dwellings
- Heating and lighting equipment
- Paraphernalia
- Household
- Infant care
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Animal by-products
- General tools
- Food preparation
- Work in skins
- Mats and basketry
- Recreational and non-therapeutic drugs
- Domesticated animals
- Musical instruments
- Weapons
- Ordnance
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Omaha
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- 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
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Missionary
- 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
- Pauline Van Tho ; 1954
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1878-1890
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1877-1986
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Omaha of Nebraska, USA
- NotesAdditional notes
- James Owen Dorsey
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 93657468
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Omaha Indians