Book
Mentawei religious cult
University of California • 25 (2) • Published In 1929 • Pages: 185-247 , plates 69-73
By: Loeb, Edwin M. (Edwin Meyer).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of various aspects of Mentaweian religious practices with a strong emphasis on the PUNEN system -- a series of religious festivals or ceremonies accompanied by sacrifices (usually of animals). Loeb describes in detail one of the major PUNEN held in conjunction with the founding of a new UMA or community house, and presents some limited data on a great variety of other PUNEN observed on other occasions in Mentaweian society. Of particular interest in this document is the listing of a number of Mentaweian taboos and omens.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Animism
- Eschatology
- Spirits and gods
- Sacred objects and places
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Avoidance and taboo
- Revelation and divination
- 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
- Book
- 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.
- 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
- March-July 1926
- 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)
- Pageh (Pagai) Island group, Mentawei Islands, west of Sumatra, Indonesia
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Edwin M. Loeb
- Cover-title
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- a 29000128
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mentawai (Indonesian people)