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From birth to death in the Gilbert Islands
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland • 51 • Published In 1921 • Pages: 25-54
By: Grimble, Arthur.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document broadly reconstructs aspects of major Kiribati rites of passages celebrated prior to the arrival of European residents. The focus is on the content of religious rituals and organized ceremonials related to birth, adoption, adulthood, marriage, and burial.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- General character of religion
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Organized ceremonial
- Menstruation
- Conception
- Pregnancy
- Ceremonial during infancy and childhood
- Puberty and initiation
- Techniques of socialization
- Regulation of marriage
- Nuptials
- Burial practices and funerals
- Mourning
- Eschatology
- Mythology
- Avoidance and taboo
- 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
- article
- 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
- 1916-1921
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1250-1835
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kiribati (Gilbert) Islands, Republic of Kiribati
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Arthur Grimble
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- sn 79006341
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Kiribati