Book
The king and people of Fiji: containing a life of Thakombau; with notices of the Fijians, their manners, customs, and superstitions, previous to the great religious reformation in 1854
Wesleyan conference office • London • Published In 1866 • Pages:
By: Waterhouse, Joseph.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author, a missionary, befriended the Vunivalu (war and executive chief) Cakobau (Thakombau), whom he converted to Christianity. Subjects covered range from general descriptions of court politics and etiquette to analysis of religious practices that led to the tragic killing and cannibalistic consumption of war captives and of some widows. Also covered are mythology, community organization, and specific features of inter-island warfare and of hosting guests—including missionaries, American mariners, and Tongan kings.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Form and rules of government
- Chief executive
- Inter-community relations
- Warfare
- Aftermath of combat
- War veterans
- Cannibalism
- Cult of the dead
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Animism
- Spirits and gods
- Offenses against life
- Religious offenses
- Social personality
- Gender status
- Burial practices and funerals
- Gender roles and issues
- Missions
- Mythology
- Cosmology
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Bau Fijians
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Polynesia
- 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.
- Missionary
- 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
- Teferi Abate Adem ; 2017
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1849-1864
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1835-1865
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Fiji
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Joseph Waterhouse
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 05014524
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Fijians
- Thakombau, Chief of the Fiji Islands, 1817-1883