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Unpublished field notes
[s. n.] • [s. L.] • Published In 1957 • Pages:
By: Lane, Robert B., Lane, Barbara Savadkin.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document contains the authors’ unpublished field notes, largely about the Sa kinship system, including a lengthy discussion on marriage. Other topics covered are subsistence and, more briefly, clothing, houses and the exchange of gifts.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Domesticated animals
- Dwellings
- Gift giving
- Status, role, and prestige
- Regulation of marriage
- Mode of marriage
- Kinship terminology
- Rule of descent
- Clans
- Mythology
- Religious denominations
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Sa
- 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
- essay
- 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
- Ian Skoggard ; 2019
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1953-1954, 1958
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1953-1958
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- south Pentecost, Penama, Vanuatu
- NotesAdditional notes
- R. B. Lane ; B. S. Lane
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Sa
- South Pentecost Island (Vanuatu)