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The Carolines Island Yap or Guap, according to the reports of Alfred Tetens and Johann Kubary

Journal des Museum Godeffroy • 1 • Published In 1873 • Pages: HRAF ms: 1-69 [original: 84-130 ]

By: Tetens, Alfred, Kubary, J. S. (Jan Stanislaw).

Abstract
Dr. E. Gräffe prepared this article from reports by Tetens and Kubary. Also included is a short grammar of the Yap language and a vocabulary prepared by J.T. Blohm, an agent for a German trading firm. (Approximately one-third of the article deals with the Yap language.)
Subjects
Location
Topography and geology
Vocabulary
Grammar
Normal garb
Settlement patterns
Dance
culture
Yapese
HRAF PubDate
2000
Region
Oceania
Sub Region
Micronesia
Document Type
article
Evaluation
Creator Type
Traveler
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Joan Steffens ; 1963
Field Date
1865-1868, 1871
Coverage Date
1865-1868
Coverage Place
Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia
Notes
Alfred Tetens and Johann Kubary ; prepared by Dr. E. Gräffe
Translation of: [Die Carolineninsel Yap oder Guap nach den Mittheilungen]
Translated from the German in 1942 for the Yale Cross-Cultural Survey in connection with the Navy Pacific Islands Handbook Project
LCCN
04003505
LCSH
Yapese (Micronesian people)/Yap (Micronesia)