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Ancestors' knowledge among the Ifugaos and its importance in the religious and social life of the tribe
Journal of East Asiatic Studies • 3 (4) • Published In 1954 • Pages: 359-365
By: Lambrecht, Francis.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This short article, written by a missionary, discusses the function and extent of knowledge of genealogies among the Ifugao. Every man has some facility in reciting their household genealogies; priests, the expert genealogists, are needed to trace complex genealogies for ancestor rites and settlement of property disputes. No precise data are given on the kinship system, rituals, property laws or inheritance; some material is presented on display wealth and concepts of life-after-death.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Traditional history
- Kin relationships
- Cult of the dead
- Priesthood
- Ethnosociology
- 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
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Missionary
- 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 Bridges ; John Beierle ; 1973-1974
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca. 1924-1940
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1924-1940
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- northern Luzon, Philippines
- NotesAdditional notes
- Francis Lambert
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ifugao (Philippine people)