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Social organization notes on the Southern Santa Cruz Islands: Utupua and Vanikoro
Baessler-Archiv; Beiträge zur Völkerkunde • Berlin • Published In 1969 • Pages: 207-275
By: Davenport, William H..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document presents a series of ethnographic notes on the culture history and social organization of the inhabitants of the islands of Utupua and Vankkoro, located in the southern Santa Cruz Island group. Allthough numerous subjects are discussed in the text, some of the major topics are: geography; history of European contacts; trade relations; marriage (particularly with emphasis on the bride price); agriculture; dwellings and men's houses; kinship and kin groups; the significance of the men's association in society; mythology; community social organization; property; supernatural beings; and dances and dance costumes.
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Santa Cruz Islanders
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2003
- 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
- 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
- John Beierle ; 2001
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- December 1958-January 1960
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1595-1960s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Utupua and Vanikoro, southern Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands
- NotesAdditional notes
- William Davenport
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 274-275)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- sv 87024542
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Santa Cruz Islands (Solomon Islands)