Book
Material aspects of Pomo culture
Published by order of the Board of Trustees • (1/2) • Published In 1952 • Pages: 2 v., 507
By: Barrett, S. A. (Samuel Alfred).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
S.A. Barrett did his field work among the Pomo Indians of California from 1894 to approximately 1949, at a time when there were still elderly informants living with a memory of events that took place in the early nineteenth century. The information which they provided was further supplemented by data gleaned from other published documents. The ethnographic data presented in this work deal primarily with the material culture of the Pomo. The author has divided this study into two major parts. Part one provides data on flora and fauna, subsistence patterns, foods and their preparation, ceremonies related to foods, the use of tobacco, transportation, implements, utensils, and warfare. Part two describes the dressing of animal skins, the use of fire, baskets, cordage and nets, beads, enumeration, clothing, musical instruments, games and gambling, medicines, and magical charms. Each part concludes with a number of photographs illustrating the ethnographic topics discussed in the text.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Fishing
- Animal by-products
- Diet
- Pharmaceuticals
- Cordage
- Mats and basketry
- Woven and other interworked fabrics
- Special garments
- Ornament
- General tools
- Utensils
- Games
- Gambling
- Ethnobotany
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Pomo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- 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
- John Beierle ; 1999
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1894-1915
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1820-1949
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- California, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- S.A. Barrett
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 52011210
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Pomo Indians