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Qualifications of Adulthood: Tiwi invoke the power of a yam
Natural History • LXXII (4) • Published In 1963 • Pages: 10-17
By: Goodale, Jane C. (Jane Carter).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article discusses the three-day Kulama ceremony of the Tiwi - a formal initiation into adulthood centering around the ritual preparation of a toxic yam. There is no set age for initiation. The instruction lasts six years and the initiates must participate in six Kulama rituals. An important feature of the ritual is the composition of songs and several examples are given.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ceremonial during infancy and childhood
- Puberty and initiation
- Majority
- Food preparation
- Music
- Dance
- Ethnobotany
- Fire
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tiwi
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Joan Steffens ; 1963
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1954, 1962
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900-1962
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Jane C. Goodale
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 20020046
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tiwi (Australian people)