essay
The position of the blacksmiths
Bali: studies in life, thought, and ritual • 5 • Published In 1960 • Pages: 289-299, 387-388
By: Goris, R. (Roelof).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article, which was first published in Dutch as a section in a larger collection entitled 'Bali: Studies in Life, Thought and Ritual', describes the social position of blacksmiths in Balinese society. It shows as of the 1920s, the Balinese considered all metal as magically dangerous. Blacksmiths were considered magicians because of their daily contact with such a magically charged substance.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Smiths and their crafts
- Ethnogeography
- Classes
- Chief executive
- Castes
- Mythology
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Balinese
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- 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
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Missionary
- Government Official
- 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
- Hesung C. Koh ; 1961
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca. 1913-1948
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900-1929
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Bali, Indonesia
- NotesAdditional notes
- by R. Goris
- For bibliographical references see document 21:[Franken, et al]
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Balinese (Indonesian people)