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The culture of the Pagai Islands and Sipora, Mentawei

Tropical man • 1 • Published In 1968 • Pages: 152-241 , plates

By: Nooy-Palm, Hetty.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document

This monograph is a study of Mentaweian ethnography with particular emphasis on the North and South Pagai Islands and Sipora. Topics include data on populations, culture history, ecology, settlement patterns, the UMA or community house, personality structure, burial practices, and religion. Special attention in this work is paid to social organization and kinship structure because the author believes that the information provided by the ethnologists Kruyt and Loeb in the 1920s and early 1930s is not clear.

SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF

Hunting and trapping

Dwellings

Settlement patterns

Kinship terminology

Territorial hierarchy

Animism

Spirits and gods

Prayers and sacrifices

Priesthood

Organized ceremonial

cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)

Mentawaians

HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document

2000

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.

Ethnologist

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

John Beierle ; 1999

Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document

no date

Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to

not specified

Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)

Mentawei Islands, west of Sumatra, Indonesia

NotesAdditional notes

Hetty Nooy-Palm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 238-241)

LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number

sn90040007

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Mentawai (Indonesian people)