book chapter

String figures from Fiji and western Polynesia

The MuseumHonolulu, HawaiiPublished In 1927 • Pages: 3-10, 61-70, 88

By: Hornell, James.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source concerns string figures collected by the author during an expedition to Fiji and Polynesia in 1925. Detailed descriptions for 9 string figures from Tonga are provided. In addition there is some information concerning the comparative distributions of string games in the Fiji-Polynesia area.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Games
Comparative evidence
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Tongans
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2006
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 TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Ethnographer
Natural Scientist
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
Eleanor C. Swanson; 1978
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1925
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1925
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Tonga
NotesAdditional notes
by James Hornell
Includes bibliographical references (p. 88)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
27024334
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Tongans