Santa Cruz Islanders : ON13.

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:New Haven, Conn. : Human Relations Area Files, 2003-
Language:English
Series:EHRAF collection of ethnography. Oceania
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7100205
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Other uniform titles:Beasley, Harry G. Notes on red feather money from Santa Cruz, New Hebrides.
Davenport, William H., 1922-2004 Lyric verse and ritual in the Santa Cruz Islands.
Davenport, William H., 1922-2004 Red-feather money.
Davenport, William H., 1922-2004 Santa Cruz census.
Davenport, William H., 1922-2004 Social organization notes on the Northern Santa Cruz Islands, the Duff Islands (Taumako)
Davenport, William H., 1922-2004 Social organization notes on the Northern Santa Cruz Islands, the Main Reef Islands.
Davenport, William H., 1922-2004 Social organization notes on the Southern Santa Cruz Islands, Utupua and Vanikoro.
Davenport, William H., 1922-2004 Social organization notes on the northern Santa Cruz Islands, the Outer Reef Islands.
Davenport, William H., 1922-2004 Social structure of Santa Cruz.
Davenport, William H., 1922-2004 When a primitive and a civilized money meet.
Graebner, Fritz, 1877-1934. Völkerkunde der Santa-Cruz-Inseln. English.
Speiser, Felix, 1880-1949. Völkerkundliches von den Santa-Cruz-Inseln. English.
Other authors / contributors:Human Relations Area Files, inc.
Notes:Title from Web page (viewed June 11, 2003).
This portion of the eHRAF collection of ethnography was last updated in 2003 and is a revision and update of the microfiche file.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Summary:Santa Cruz Islanders are Melanesians who live on an archipelago called the Santa Cruz Islands in the Solomon Islands. Santa Cruz Islanders are one of several ethnic groups in the Solomon Islands. The Santa Cruz Islanders speak three closely related languages that belong to the East Papuan language family. The economy of the Santa Cruz Islanders is agricultural. The most important traditional crops are yams, taro, sweet potatoes, bananas, breadfruit, coconuts, and Canarium almonds. This collection on the Santa Cruz Islanders consists of twelve documents with two time foci, one from the late nineteenth through early twentieth centuries (as represented by the works of Graebner and Speiser), and the second by the extensive field work of William H. Davenport in the Santa Cruz Island chain from the late 1950s to 1960. The primary ethnographic focus is on the principle island of Santa Cruz (Nendö). Other islands of the Santa Cruz group discussed are: Duff Island or Taumako, Utupua and Vanikoro, and the Main and Outer Reef Islands.