Book
Flower in my ear: arts and ethos of Ifaluk Atoll
University of Washington Press • 14 • Published In 1963 • Pages: viii, 439
By: Burrows, Edwin G. (Edwin Grant).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study is concerned with the social functions of arts, mainly in the form of poetry, songs, dances, bodily decoration and tatoos, among the Ifaluk of Woleai Region, Federated Republics of Micronesia. It argues that these arts tend to be simple and crude but express the sentiments of ordinary Ifalukian men, women and children.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Population
- Fauna
- Descriptive somatology
- Diet
- Ornament
- Personal grooming
- Manufacture of personal grooming accessories
- Body alterations
- Forest products
- Music
- Dance
- Verbal arts
- Visual arts
- Spirits and gods
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Revelation and divination
- Texts translated into english
- 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
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- 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
- Teferi Abate Adem ; 2005
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1947 and 1953
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1907-1953
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Ifaluk, Federated States of Micronesia
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Edwin G. Burrows
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 62017145
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Art, Micronesian/Folk songs, Micronesian--Micronesia (Federated States)--Ifalik Atoll/Ethnology--Micronesia (Federated States)--Ifalik Atoll/Folk music--Micronesia (Federated States)--Ifalik Atoll/Ifalik Atoll (Micronesia)