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The manufacture of gongs in Semarang

Indonesia19Published In 1975 • Pages: 127-172

By: Jacobson, Edward, van Hasselt, J. H., Toth, Andrew.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source contains a thorough description of gong making in Semarang in 1906. Included is information on casting, shaping, and some slight data on the production costs and trade patterns involved in gong manufacture. The verbal descriptions are enhanced by a number of photographs of the process of gong manufacture.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Art and recreational supplies industries
Musical instruments
Metallurgy
Special tools
Production and supply
External trade
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Javanese
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2019
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.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Eleanor C. Swanson ; Jan Simpson ; 1982
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Semarang in north-central Java, Indonesia
NotesAdditional notes
Edw. Jacobson and J. H. van Hasselt ; translated and with an introduction by Andrew Toth
Includes bibliographical references
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
98646425
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Javanese (Indonesian people)