Book
Yap
L. Friederichsen & Co. • 2 • Published In 1917 • Pages: HRAF ms: xii, 621 [original: xviii, 380 ]
By: Müller, Wilhelm.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This monograph presents a meticulously detailed and well-rounded ethnography of the Yap people, with a slightly greater emphasis on material culture then on social structure and organization. The monograph is divided into two parts, the first of which presents general information on culture history, geography, the native population and the Yap language, while the second deals in more detail with such aspects as clothing, ornaments and tattooing, foods and their preparation, crafts and trade, numeration, measures, money, house construction and village layout, the canoe, weapons and warfare, games and toys, society and family, science and religion. The work is well illustrated with many plates and figures. The bibliography has not been translated into English. An additional glossary of native words has been added for the benefit of the researcher.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Place names
- Fishing
- Vegetable production
- Food preparation
- Diet
- Recreational and non-therapeutic drugs
- Cordage
- Mats and basketry
- Woven and other interworked fabrics
- Normal garb
- Ornament
- Body alterations
- Ceramic technology
- Dwellings
- Public structures
- Recreational structures
- Paint and dye manufacture
- Weapons
- General tools
- Utensils
- Medium of exchange
- Boats
- Games
- Visual arts
- Dance
- Clans
- Military organization
- 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
- 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
- John Beierle ; 1964-1965
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1909-1910
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1909-1910
- 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
- Wilhelm Müller
- Translation of: [Yap]
- Translated from the German in 1942 for the Yale Cross-Cultural Survey in connection with the Navy Pacific Islands Handbook Project
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Yapese (Micronesian people)/Yap (Micronesia)