book chapter
Chapter 12
history of Melanesian society, , by W. H. R. Rivers • 1 • Published In 1914 • Pages: 298-362
By: Rivers, W. H. R. (William Halse Rivers).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This chapter consists of two brief ethnographic sketches of Tikopia. Rivers, the first anthropologist to visit the island, spent only one day there. The first part of this chapter is based on Rivers' work with an informant, John Maresere. The second part of the sketch is based on material sent to the author by the Reverend W.J. Durrad, a missionary who spent several weeks in Tikopia some weeks after Rivers' visit. In a letter (February 10, 1956) to the Human Relations Area Files, Firth expressed lack of confidence in Rivers' data. For further comment by Firth on Rivers' work see 2: Firth, pp. xxiii-xxiv, category 114.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Culture summary
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tikopia
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1995
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Polynesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- W.W. Stein
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- No date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tikopia Island, Solomon Islands
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] W. H. R. Rivers
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tikopia (Solomon Islands people)