book chapter
A new Pacific Ocean script
Man • 14 • Published In 1914 • Pages:
By: Brown, J. Macmillan.
Abstract
In July 1913, Professor Brown paid a visit to the reef island of Woleai, where one of the chiefs squatted and wrote a sentence in the script of the island. Later on, Mr. Brown received a full list of Woleai characters. The Woleai script is syllabic, and the author maintains that the script which, in 1913, was known only to five men is probably a relic of a wide usage in the archipelago, where 'it must have belonged the ruling class of an empire of some extent.'
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- Oceania
- Sub Region
- Micronesia
- Document Type
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- AN ; 1950-1956; Teferi A. Adem 2005
- Field Date
- 1913
- Coverage Date
- 1913
- Coverage Place
- Woleai, Woleai Region, Federated States of Micronesia
- Notes
- J. Macmillan Brown
- This document consists of excerpts
- LCCN
- sf 80000548
- LCSH
- Caroline Islands--Social life and customs/Micronesians--Social life and customs