Book
The Bajau Laut: adaptation, history, and fate in a maritime fishing society of south-east Sabah
Oxford University Press • Kuala Lumpur • Published In 1997 • Pages: xviii, 359
By: Sather, Clifford.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book describes the lifeways of a nomadic, boat-dwelling fishing community. The central thesis links the distinct culture and adaptive strategies of these "sea people" not just to the specific resources of the coastal ecosystem and surrounding sea, but also to their interactions, both historical and contemporary, with settled farmers or neighboring “land people.” Major themes covered include demography, seasonal economic activities of boat-dwelling Sama-Bajau households, labor and technical organization required in fishing, markets and exchange practices, communal rituals, marriage rules, and kin groups.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Location
- Topography and geology
- Dwellings
- Boats
- Settlement patterns
- Navigation
- Annual cycle
- Fishing
- Fishing gear
- Inter-community relations
- Inter-ethnic relations
- Community structure
- Community heads
- Household
- Extended families
- Internal trade
- External trade
- Mutual aid
- Labor supply and employment
- Buying and selling
- Production and supply
- Income and demand
- Gift giving
- Regulation of marriage
- Cousins
- Animism
- Priesthood
- Organized ceremonial
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Cult of the dead
- Sacred objects and places
- Revelation and divination
- Theory of disease
- 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
- Book
- 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
- 1964-1965; 1974; 1979; 1994
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1849-1979
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kampong Bangau-Bangau, Semporna, Sabah, Malaysia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Clifford Sather
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 344-354) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 96025624
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Bajau (Southeast Asian people)--Malaysia--Sabah
- Sabah (Malaysia)--Social life and customs