Book
The material culture of Kiribati
Institute of Pacific Studies of the University of the South Pacific • [suva, Fiji] • Published In 1986 • Pages:
By: Koch, Gerd, Slatter, Guy.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document describes the material culture of Kiribati peoples in a time when they still manufactured and used their own tools, utensils, furniture, and other goods. The focus is on illuminating the ingenuity of the Kiribati in turning locally available shells, bones, and plants—especially coconut palms—into practical and culturally-valued goods. Profuse illustrations show the design, manufacture, and uses of many items, such as sleeping mats, baskets, weapons, fishing gear, ornaments, drills, pumps, boats, etc. Additional topics include settlement pattern, house types, games, and organized ceremonials.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Mats and basketry
- Woven and other interworked fabrics
- Knots and lashings
- Shipbuilding
- Boats
- Fishing
- General tools
- Utensils
- Furniture
- Normal garb
- Building interiors and arrangement
- Arboriculture
- Collecting
- Diet
- Acculturation and culture contact
- 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 TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- 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
- 1963-1964
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1963-1965
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Nonouti, Tabiteuea, and Onotoa, Southern Kiribati, Republic of Kiribati
- NotesAdditional notes
- Gerd Koch ; English translation by Guy Slatter
- Translation of: Materielle Kultur der Gilbert-Inseln.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 256-262) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 88140700
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Industries, Primitive--Kiribati
- Kiribati--Material culture
- Kiribati--Civilization