Book
The religion of the Ifugao
American Anthropological Association • (65) • Published In 1946 • Pages: 219
By: Barton, Roy Franklin.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Roy F. Barton (1883-1947) spent more than a decade living with the Ifugao. He first went to the Philippines in 1906. Two years later he was appointed Supervising Teacher of Ifugao Subprovince, and he held this position until 1916, when he returned to the United States. In 1937, he carried on further fieldwork among the Ifugao under the auspices of the Ethnological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He returned to the islands again in 1940, but his work was interrupted by the Japanese invasion -- he was interned and many of his notes were lost. He was, however, able to save a number of valuable manuscripts, including that of this monograph, which was published shortly after his release. In this authoritative study, Barton describes Ifugao religion and magic, discusses their social function, and attempts to trace their development. However, detailed as this monograph is, it is but the first of two projected volumes, and hence, though the Ifugao pantheon is described with a 'fair degree of completeness,' the various rituals are treated in an abbreviated fashion. The latter are dealt with more fully in source 20.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cereal agriculture
- Accumulation of wealth
- Theory of disease
- General character of religion
- Cosmology
- Warfare
- Aftermath of combat
- Spirits and gods
- Burial practices and funerals
- Mourning
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Ritual
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Ifugao
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1999
- 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.
- Ethnologist
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Gary S. Vecelius ; 1955/1974
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1908-1941
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1908-1941
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kiangan, Bitu, Ligauwe areas, northern Luzon, Philippines
- NotesAdditional notes
- R. F. Barton
- Includes index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 48003664
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ifugao (Philippine people)