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The Samoyed
Un été chez les Samoyèdes • Paris • Published In 1921 • Pages: HRAF ms: 1, 13 l. [Original: 159-180 ]
By: Bénard, Charles, b. 1867, Messner, Charles A..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author, president of the Société dOcéanographie de France at the time, spent from July to October of 1914 on the island of Novaya Zemlya making meteorological and geological studies. Only chapter 7 has been translated. In this chapter, the author gives briefly an ethnographic account of the Samoyed of Novaya Zemlya. He describes their physical characteristics, clothing, hunting and fishing, what each part of the reindeer is used for, animals hunted, trade with the Russians, introduction of some Russian elements into Samoyed culture, diet, notions about cleanliness, travel, religion and the influence of the Russians, the Samoyed fear of death and dead bodies, and a typical family tent and its contents. The complete text of a song “Death” is also given. Bénard concludes by wondering whether or not the Samoyed would benefit and be happy with the introduction of modernisms into their culture.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Culture summary
- Cultural identity and pride
- Verbal arts
- Mythology
- History
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Hunting and trapping
- Animal by-products
- Exchange transactions
- General character of religion
- Literary texts
- Life and death
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Samoyed
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2012
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- North Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- 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
- Heather Fellows ; John Beierle ; 1951-1975, Teferi Abate Adem; 2012
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- July-October 1914
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1914-1921
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Samoyed settlments, Novaya Zemlya, Russian North
- NotesAdditional notes
- Charles Bénard
- Translation of: [Les Samoyédes]
- Translated for the HRAF files by Charles A. Messner and edited in 1951
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 21011515
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Samoyeds