Osgood, Cornelius, 1905-1985. Ingalik material culture

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Author: Author's name as listed in Library of Congress records Osgood, Cornelius, 1905-1985

Title: Ingalik material culture

Published By: Original publisher New Haven: Human Relations Area Files Press. 1970. 500 p. ill., maps

By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication Cornelius Osgood

HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.: Human Relations Area Files, 2016. Computer File

Culture: Culture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC) with the alphanumberic OWC identifier in parenthesis. Ingalik (NA08)

Subjects: Document-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF Bone, horn, and shell technology (321); Woodworking (322); Mats and basketry (285); Work in skins (281); Normal garb (291); Paraphernalia (293); Clothing manufacture (294); Dwellings (342); Building interiors and arrangement (353); Furniture (352); Utensils (415); General tools (412); Fishing (226); Fishing gear (227); Knots and lashings (284); Cordage (283); Boats (501); Vehicles (493);

Abstract: Brief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document In this one of three volumes reconstructing traditional Ingalik culture and society back to first documented contact, Osgood classifies and analyzes more than three hundred Ingalik material culture items collected during his mid-1930s fieldwork, emphasizing form, manufacture, and utility in daily life.

Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents 1

Document ID: HRAF's unique document identifier. The first part is the OWC identifier and the second part is the document number in three digits. na08-001

Document Type: May include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs or chapters/parts of monographs. Monograph

Language: Language that the document is written in English

Note: Reprint of the 1940 ed. Includes bibliographical references (p.485-487)

Field Date: The date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document 1934, 1937

Evaluation: In this alphanumeric code, the first part designates the type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigene, and so on. The second part is 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 Anthropologist – 5

Analyst: The HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection. Teferi Abate Adem ; 2014

Coverage Date: The date or dates that the information in the document pertains to (often not the same as the field date). 1834-1937

Coverage Place: Location of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site) Anvik, southwestern Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States

LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings Deg Hit'an Indians--Material culture//Indians of North America--Material culture--Alaska