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The Arunta religion
Sociological review • 21 • Published In 1929 • Pages: 10-37
By: Penniman, T. K. (Thomas Kenneth).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a good secondary source that discusses and interprets some of the findings of Spencer, Gillen, and Strehlow. Penniman deals with sacred objects and places (churinga, mana, etc.), morals and transmission of beliefs and the marriage system.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- General character of religion
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Aranda
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1996
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Australia
- 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
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- William P. Mangin ; 1950-1956
- 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)
- Australia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Thomas Kenneth Penniman
- This document consists of excerpts
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 09007601
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Aranda (Australian people)