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The Caribs of Dominica
G.P.O. • Washington • Published In 1938 • Pages: 103-159
By: Taylor, Douglas MacRae.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article is a general ethnographic summary of the modern Island Caribs living in the reserve set aside for them on the island of Dominica. The author treats primarily the material culture. He also has chapters on physical anthropology, social and sexual life, childhood activities, and the language and literature. The author has anthropological training and has published extensively on the Island Caribs.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Descriptive somatology
- Vocabulary
- Fishing
- Food preparation
- Mats and basketry
- Forest products
- Dwellings
- Fire
- Shipbuilding
- Boats
- Music
- Sorcery
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Kalinago
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Caribbean
- 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
- George R. Bedell ; 1958
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1930-1937
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1930-1937
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Dominica
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Douglas Taylor
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Black Carib Indians