Book
Arts and crafts of Hawaii
Bishop Museum Press • Honolulu • Published In 1957 • Pages: xv, 606
By: Buck, Peter Henry (Te Rangi Hīroa).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book is a detailed description and technological analysis of the material culture of the Hawaiian Islands from approximately the eighteenth century to the early 1950s. The information presented here is based on the published literature on Polynesia and the Hawaiian Islands, combined with data from the analysis of artifacts from the Bishop and other museums. These museum collections were largely made by early explorers before Hawaiian culture was greatly changed by European contact. The document is heavily annotated with photographs and figures illustrating the descriptive information in the text. Data on other aspects of Hawaiian culture, such as social and political organization, other than the superficial mention of chiefs and kings, are markedly absent in the document.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Geography
- Fishing
- Domesticated animals
- Food preparation
- Diet
- Leather, textiles, and fabrics
- Normal garb
- Ornament
- Dwellings
- Tools and appliances
- Boats
- Athletic sports
- Musical instruments
- Burial practices and funerals
- Religious beliefs
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Hawaiians
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2003
- 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
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary 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 ; 2002
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- eighteenth century-early 1950s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Hawaiian Islands, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Te Rangi Hiroa (Peter H. Buck)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 581-585)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 58001948
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Hawaiians