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An Ifugao burial ceremony

Philippine journal of science6Published In 1911 • Pages: 227-252 , plates

By: Beyer, H. Otley (Henry Otley), Barton, Roy Franklin.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article describes in detail the 'munhimung' burials of the Ifugao in the Central Ifugao and Kiangan areas of northern Luzon. This series of ceremonies was held for beheaded bodies and bodies of persons killed by hereditary enemies (suppressed by the American government after ca. 1910), resulting from inter-clan and inter-community feuds. Some descriptive data are given on kinship and community organization, material culture associated with funeral activities, and the influence of the American government on inter-clan activities. Bibliographic references are contained in the footnotes. Captions for the photographs appear on pp. 251-252.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Inter-community relations
Aftermath of combat
Special burial practices and funerals
Mourning
Eschatology
Ecstatic religious practices
Organized ceremonial
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Ifugao
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
1998
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 TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Ethnologist
Educator
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
Sarah T. Bridges ; John Beierle ; 1973
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
HB 1905-1908; RB 1910-1911
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1905-1911
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Central Ifugao and Kiangan areas, northern Luzon, Philippines
NotesAdditional notes
H. Otley Beyer and R. F. Barton
Includes bibliographical references
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
07031696
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Ifugao (Philippine people)