book chapter
Generalities: journal of the expedition
L. Friederichsen und Co. • 1 • Published In 1927 • Pages: 245-350
By: Thilenius, G. (Georg), Hellwig, F. E., Nagler, A. M. (Alois Maria).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The log of the expedition ship 'Peiho' is written by Hellwig, who also collected ethnographic specimens through trade with the natives; much of the narration is concerned with his trading experiences. Many observations were not made personally by Hellwig, but reflect the work of the other researchers, who occasionally left the expedition to investigate local cultures. The Micronesian phase of the trip, which began in Palau and extended throughout the Carolines to and including the Marshalls, was initiated in August 1909 and ended in April 1910. That part of the log which has been selectively translated and abstracted describes, for the most part, native culture, especially where contact with Europeans has occurred. The data, although duplicated, in part, in the formal ethnographic reports of the expedition, are more personal and more specific for locality in the log. A 3-page petrographic summary by Herzenberg details the general data on the geology and mineralogy of Palau and the Carolines.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Descriptive somatology
- Population
- Traditional history
- Fishing
- Tillage
- Diet
- Personal grooming
- Dwellings
- Settlement patterns
- Mercantile business
- Travel
- Gender status
- Visiting and hospitality
- Behavior toward non-relatives
- Community structure
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Avoidance and taboo
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Woleai Region
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- 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 chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Traveler
- 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
- LEN ; Katherine Schlesinger ; 1950-1956
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1908-1910
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1904-1910
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Woleai Region
- NotesAdditional notes
- Georg Thilenius and F. E. Hellwig
- Translation of: [Allgemeines: Tagebuch der Expedition]
- This document consists of excerpts
- Translated for the files by Alois M. Nagler prior to 1950
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Caroline Islands--Social life and customs/Micronesians--Social life and customs