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Some remarks on the music, poetry and dance of the people of Yap
Zeitschrift fnr ethnologie • 35 • Published In 1903 • Pages: HRAF ms: 1, 10 leaves [original: 134-142 ]
By: Born, L..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This brief article, written by a German government doctor who lived among the Yapese, concerns Yapese music, poetry, and dance. For each art form, the author describes prevalent themes and styles as well as occasions for performance and the role of the specialist or performer. Furthermore, the author provides a vivid description of dance costumes and adornment. The importance of these arts in Yap culture is emphasized.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Music
- Sex
- Literature
- Literary texts
- Musical and theatrical productions
- 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 TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Physician
- 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
- Helen Gunsher Bornstein; 1975
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca. 1902
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1902
- 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
- L. Born
- Translation of: [Einige Bemerkungen nber Misik, Dichtkunst und Tanz der Yapleute]
- 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
- sv 87013889
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Yapese (Micronesian people)/Yap (Micronesia)