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The boats of the Tawi-Tawi Bajau, Sulu Archipelago, Philippines

Asian perspectives29 (1)Published In 1990 • Pages: 51-88

By: Nimmo, Harry.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a description of Sama-Bajau watercraft, with particular focus on the variety of boats, boat-building arts, and sailing skills.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Boats
Shipbuilding
Dwellings
Building interiors and arrangement
Navigation
Visual arts
Water transport
Settlement patterns
Fishing
Division of labor by gender
Woodworking
Lumbering
Functional and adaptational interpretations
Acculturation and culture contact
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Sama-Bajau
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Asia
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Southeast Asia
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
article
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Anthropologist
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
Teferi Abate Adem ; 2020
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1963-1967
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1930-1967
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Tawi-Tawi province, Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Philippines
NotesAdditional notes
H. Arlo Nimmo
Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-88)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
61043423
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Bajau (Southeast Asian people)