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The material culture of the Marquesas Islands
Bishop Museum Press • 8 (5) • Published In 1923 • Pages: 263-468
By: Linton, Ralph.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source by Ralph Linton, a professional anthropologist who accompanied Handy to the Marquesas on the Bayard Dominick Expedition, is primarily of a descriptive nature. A very thorough description is given of houses, canoes, artifacts and utensils, weapons, musical instruments, clothing, ornaments, and data on all native crafts. The field study was supplemented by research in museum collections in the United States.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Dwellings
- Boats
- General tools
- Utensils
- Cordage
- Weapons
- Fishing gear
- Fishing
- Musical instruments
- Normal garb
- Special garments
- Ornament
- Body alterations
- Comparative evidence
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Marquesas
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- 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
- article
- 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
- James R. Leary ; 1959: John Beierle; 2010
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1920-1921
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1770-1923
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia, South Pacific
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Ralph Linton
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-211)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 24016317
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Marquesans