Book
Tungaru traditions: writings on the atoll culture of the Gilbert Islands
Center for Pacific Islands Studies, School of Hawaiian, Asian, and Pacific Studies, University of Hawaii : University of Hawaii Press • (7) • Published In 1989 • Pages: xxxii, 382
By: Grimble, Arthur, Maude, H. E. (Henry Evans).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document provides the earliest systematic description of traditional Kiribati culture and social organization, as observed in the years immediately prior to and following the advent of British colonial rule early in the twentieth century. Additionally, drawing on rich oral traditions, the author reconstructs the origins of various clans, social groups, religious ceremonies, community houses, dance types, and economic activities. Other themes covered include gender relations, socialization, and concepts of morality and sexuality.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Location
- Topography and geology
- Traditional history
- Historical reconstruction
- Community structure
- Community heads
- Form and rules of government
- Chief executive
- Real property
- Clans
- Kin relationships
- Rule of descent
- Cult of the dead
- General character of religion
- Magic
- Dance
- Organized ceremonial
- Vegetable production
- Alcoholic beverages
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Missions
- Functional and adaptational interpretations
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Kiribati
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2018
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Micronesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Colonial Official
- Anthropologist
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary 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 ; 2016
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1916-1932
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1680-1932
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kiribati (Gilbert) Islands and Banaba Island, Republic of Kiribati
- NotesAdditional notes
- Arthur Francis Grimble ; edited by H.E. Maude
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-375) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 89004714
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ethnology--Kiribati
- Kiribati--Social life and customs