Book
Kwoma journal
Human Relations Area Files, Inc. • New Haven • Published In 1970 • Pages: iv, 247
By: Whiting, John Wesley Mayhew.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
As a field journal, this book gives insight into various kinds of situations in the field, and elucidates the character of certain informants. It is, however, too disorganized to present a full ethnographic picture of Kwoma culture. Interpersonal relations among the Kwoma people seem to be characterized by a strong individualism in respect to property. This volume should be read as a supplement to 1:Whiting, this collection.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Observation in research
- Traditional history
- Community structure
- Family relationships
- Diet
- Tribe and nation
- Organized ceremonial
- Adolescent activities
- Normal garb
- General sex restrictions
- Games
- Verbal arts
- Sorcery
- Kin relationships
- Dwellings
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Kwoma
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Melanesia
- 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
- Sigrid Khera ; Helen Bornstein ; 1971-1974 ; Teferi Abate Adem; 2008
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1936-1937
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1936-1937
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Peilungua Mountains, just north of the Sepik River and 25 miles from its delta, Papua New Guinea
- NotesAdditional notes
- by John W. M. Whiting
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Kwoma (Papua New Guinean people)