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Funeral obsequies on Yap (Western Carolines)
Deutsches kolonialblatt • 14 • Published In 1903 • Pages: HRAF ms: 1, 2, leaves [original: 525-525 ]
By: Born, L..
Abstract
This brief article recounts the burial of a Yap woman. It was prepared by a German government physician who witnessed the first part of the ceremony.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- Oceania
- Sub Region
- Micronesia
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Types
- Government Official
- Physician
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Helen Gunsher Bornstein; 1975
- Field Date
- ca. 1902
- Coverage Date
- 1902
- Coverage Place
- Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia
- Notes
- L. Born
- Translation of: [Leichenbestattung in Jap (Westkarolinen)]
- Translated from the German in 1942 for the Yale Cross-Cultural Survey in connection with the Navy Pacific Islands Handbook Project
- LCCN
- 10031110
- LCSH
- Yapese (Micronesian people)/Yap (Micronesia)