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Ethnographic contributions concerning the Caroline Islands of Yap
Doktor A. Petermann's Mitteilungen aus Justus Perthes' geographischer Anstalt • 49 • Published In 1903 • Pages: HRAF ms: 1-39 [original: 49-60, 83-87 ]
By: Senfft, Arno.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article, written by a member of the German Colonial Government then in political control of Yap and surrounding islands, gives a concise and thorough coverage of the basic aspects of Yap ethnography, with primary emphasis on the material culture of the people. Data of a unique nature may be found in this article, particularly in relation to the following: warfare, class structure, artificial deformation, personal names, prostitution, stimulants and narcotics, etiquette, dancing and games, domestic animals, streets and houses, political organization, trade, money, weights and measures, numeration, and native industries.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Culture summary
- Personality traits
- Fishing
- Tillage
- Woven and other interworked fabrics
- Normal garb
- Body alterations
- Paint and dye manufacture
- Dance
- Etiquette
- Illegal entertainment
- Castes
- Instigation of war
- Menstruation
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Yapese
- 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
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Government Official
- 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
- John Beierle ; 1963, 1967
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1900
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Arno Senfft
- Translation of: [Ethnographische Beiträge über die Karolineninsel Yap]
- Translated from the German in 1942 for the Yale Cross-Cultural Survey in connection with the Navy Pacific Islands Handbook Project
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- sf 83006896
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Yapese (Micronesian people)/Yap (Micronesia)