book chapter
Tikopia ritual and belief
George Allen and Unwin Ltd. • London • Published In 1967 • Pages:
By: Firth, Raymond.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This work consists of a series of selected essays dealing with various aspects of Tikopian culture. In the first essay in this document the author provides some general background information on Tikopia, then proceeds with specific data on suicide, ritual adzes, myths as an integral part of religion, spirit mediums and their roles in the society, and eschatology and concepts of the soul. Firth concludes with a commentary section, prepared in 1966, describing some of the intricate adjustments made by the Tikopians, especially in regard to their belief systems, in the face of on-going cultural change.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Traditional history
- Sociocultural trends
- General tools
- Status, role, and prestige
- Community heads
- Suicide
- General character of religion
- Mythology
- Animism
- Eschatology
- Sacred objects and places
- Revelation and divination
- Magicians and diviners
- 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
- 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
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1928-29, 1952, 1966 (p.11)
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1928-29, 1952, 1966 (p.11)
- 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
- Raymond Firth
- Only pp. 1-30, 116-140, 213-225, 284-374 are included. The rest of the essays in this book are included in the file as they were originally published
- Includes index and bibliographical references
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tikopia (Solomon Islands people)