BEUKERING, J.A. VAN (1910-1977),
Bijdrage tot de anthropologie der Mentaweiers.
Utrecht, 1947. Large 8°, wraps., 187, (1)pp. with front.-plate, 4 ills. on 1 plate in text, numerous graphs, diagrams, tables & some drawings in text, 26 ills. on 3 plates o.o.t., sketch-map, english summary. [Mededelingen Koninklijke Vereeniging Indisch Instituut, Afdeling Volkenkunde, Extra Serie No. 9]. SUZUKI, p.63. The first chapters are devoted to the more general aspects of the culture; viz., mythical origins, economy, food, nutrition plus detailed section on tattoo patterns used on the body. The chapters which follow are strictly of physical anthropological nature: skull measurements, fingerprint patterns, blood type, bodily type etc.. Some of the conclusions touchupon the migration of the peoples within the Islands, racial affinities to other Indonesians, etc. Still an indispensable field-report on the physical anthropology of Mentawei-population.
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Keywords: mentawei physical anthropology colonialism indonesia southeast asia