The central Eskimo

Book

The central Eskimo / Franz Boas ; introduction by Henry B. Collins.

Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 (author.). Collins, Henry B. (Henry Bascom), 1899-1987 (writer of introduction.).

Summary:

Reprint of part of Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, 1888, page 409-669. (AB1728).

Record details

ISBN: 0-8032-5016-9
Physical Description: xi, 261 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps ; 21 cm
Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 1964.

Content descriptions

General Note:: "Originally published as a part of the Sixth annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1888."

"BB 196."

Includes Eskimo music (unaccompanied).
Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes index and bibliography.
Formatted Contents Note:: Introduction. Authorities quoted ; Orthography ; Geography of northeastern America -- Distribution of the tribes. General observations ; Baffin Land (The Sikosuilarmiut ; The Akuliarmiut ; The Qaumauangmiut ; The Nugumiut ; The Oqomiut ; The Padlimiut and the Akudnirmiut ; The Aggomiut ; The Iglulirmiut ; The Pilingmiut ; The Sagdlirmiut) ; Western shore of Hudson Bay (The Aivillirmiut ; The Kinipetu or Agutit ; The Sagdlirmiut of Southampton Island ; The Sinlmiut) ; Boothia Felix and Back River (The Netchillirmiut ; The Ugjulirmiut ; The Ukusiksalirmiut) ; Smith Sound (The natives of Ellesmere Land ; The North Greenlanders) -- Influence of geographical conditions upon the distribution of the settlements -- Trade and intercourse between the tribes -- List of the central Eskimo tribes -- Hunting and fishing. Seal, walrus, and whale hunting ; Deer, musk ox, and bear hunting ; Hunting of small game ; Fishing -- Manufactures. Making leather and preparing skins ; Sundry implements -- Transportation by boats and sledges. The boat ; The sledge and dogs -- Habitations and dress. The house ; Clothing, dressing of the hair, and tattooing -- Social and religious life. Domestic occupations and amusements ; Visiting ; Social customs in summer ; Social order and laws ; Religious ideas and the angakunirn (priesthood) (Sedna and the fulmar ; The tornait and the angakut ; The flight to the moon ; Kadlu the thunderer) ; Feasts, religious and secular ; Customs and regulations concerning birth, sickness, and death -- Tales and traditions. Ititaujang ; The emigration of the Sagdlirmiut ; Kalopaling ; The Uissuit ; Kiviung ; Origin of the narwhal ; The visitor ; The fugitive women ; Qaudjaqdjuq (Story of the three brothers ; Qaudjaqdjuq) ; Igimarasugdjuqdjuaq the cannibal ; The Tornit ; The woman and the spirit of the singing house ; The constellation Udleqdjun ; Origin of the Adlet and of the Qadlunait ; The great flood ; Inugpaqdjuqdjualung ; The bear story ; Sundry tales (The owl and the raven) ; Comparison between Baffin Land traditions and those of other tribes -- Science and the arts. Geography and navigation ; Poetry and music (Merrymaking among the Tornit ; The lemming's song ; Arlum pissinga (the killer's song) (Summer song ; The returnign hunter ; Song of the Tornit ; Song of the Inuit traveling to Nettilling ; Oxaitoq's song ; Utitiaq's song ; Song ; Song ; Song of the Tornit ; The fox and the woman ; The raven's song ; Song of a Padlimio ; Ititaujang's song ; Playing at ball ; Playing at ball ; Extracts) -- Glossary. Eskimo words used, with derivations and significations ; Eskimo geographical names used, with English significations.

Orthography 5 -- Poetry and music 240-250 -- Glossary 251-258.