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Author: Author's name as listed in Library of Congress records
Birket-Smith, Kaj, 1893-
Title:
Early collections from the Pacific Eskimo
Published in: if part or section of a book or monograph
Ethnographical studies, published on the occasion of the
centenary of the Ethnographical Deparment, National Museum
Published By: Original publisher
Ethnographical studies, published on the occasion of the
centenary of the Ethnographical Deparment, National Museum
København: Gyldendal. 1941. ix, 261 p. ill.
By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication
Kaj Birket-Smith
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
Human Relations Area Files, 2005. Computer File
Culture: Culture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC) with the alphanumberic OWC identifier in parenthesis.
Alutiiq (NA10)
Subjects: Document-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Culture summary (105);
Fishing gear (227);
Normal garb (291);
Clothing manufacture (294);
Ornament (301);
Personal grooming (302);
Weapons (411);
General tools (412);
Utensils (415);
Boats (501);
Decorative art (531);
Representative art (532);
Abstract: Brief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This monograph presents full descriptions of Pacific Eskimo
artifacts in the collections of the National Museum in Copenhagen. Most of the material was
collected in 1851 by Henrik Johan Holmberg (a Finnish naturalist) although some materials
may be of an earlier date. (i.e., most of the stone implements are said to have been taken
from graves). The bulk of the collection id from Kodiak Island, but some items from the
Aglemiut Eskimo and others of more doubtful provenience are included. Artifacts described
include: clothing, ornaments, hunting weapons, boats, miscellaneous tools and containers,
and some sculpted pieces. The artifacts and their style of manufacture are fully described.
There is very little information on social life. Bibliographic references will be found in
the footnotes at the end of the text.
Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents
3
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.
na10-003
Document Type: May include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs or chapters/parts of monographs.
Essay
Language: Language that the document is written in
English
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
Field Date: The date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
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
Archaeologist, Ethnographer-4,5
Analyst: The HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection.
Eleanor Swanson ; Heather Fellows ; 1976
Coverage Date: The date or dates that the information in the document pertains to (often not the same as the field date).
ca. 1851-1863
Coverage Place: Location of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Kodiak Island, Alaska, United States
LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Koniagmiut Eskimos
