Year 1962-1966

Scope and content :

1962-1966. This series consist of 187 records of punch card, letter, and postcard. These materials are from the second field work trip of Moerman in Thailand. He revisited Ban Phaed, Payao province to collect additional field data.

Repository : SAC

Extent and medium : 187 records of punch card, letter, and postcard.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer : Donated by Michael Moerman, 2005.

System of arrangemant : The series is divided base on the periods of field work in Thailand.

Condition governing accessible and reproduce : Some restriction on access. To respect in intellectual property right, the original material (hard copy) may not allowed to access. Please contact staff if you need more information.

Creative Commons License : Attribution (CC BY)

Traditional Knowledge License : Traditional Knowledge Attribution (TK A)

Language : English/Thai

Script : English/Thai

Rule or convention : Collection, series and file level description based on ISAD(G)

154

Punchcard

31

Letter

2

Postcard

181. Reference : MM-1-17-35

Measurement.

| 16 June 1965 – Lue units of measurement: sok – elbow joint to tip of middle finger, sok khanad – 0.5 meter stick, wa –arm span measured from one middle finger tip to the other middle finger tip, me – width of thumb not pressed hard, kep – middle finger to thumb, kip – index finger to thumb. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Measurement.

182. Reference : MM-1-17-36

Titles.

| 16 June 1965 - Titles: Fong called “E La” when given hurried orders. Seng called Nancoi “Pho E Pon” or “Pho Ba Nom” rather than his name. Seng called himself “Pern” when talking to old women. When Nancoi talked to Seng he also called himself “Pern”. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Titles.

183. Reference : MM-1-17-37

Suk and saj.

| 16 June 1965 - If a woman who has never been married has a child, she cannot be called “Mae Hang”, but is called by her name until the child is a month old, and thereafter called “Mae Balek”. A child who gets no inheritance is known as “luk thang” (child of the road). Intercourse is called “sukan bodai”. Marriage is called “aw kan te”. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Suk and saj.

184. Reference : MM-1-17-38

Lue and other Thai.

| 17 June 1965 - Lue and other Thai: the markers that differentiate members of the Lue, Kalom and Lao peoples are tattoos, language, hair worn in buns, trousers, sarongs, weaving, beliefs concerning the fireplace in the centre of the home, the language children of mixed ethnicity marriages use and belief in house spirits. The attitude of Lue teenagers toward Lue costume. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Lue and other Thai.

185. Reference : MM-1-17-39

School.

| 17 – 30 June 1965 - Names of children who continue their education beyond primary school. The headman wants to send his son to secondary school. Mun sends his son to secondary school at a cost of Bt100 per term. Once he has passed his Mathayom 6 (high school examination), he can be sent to Chiang Rai. If the boy passes Mathayom 8 he can become a teacher. It is expensive to send children to police school in Lampang. Village children do not attend school due to lack of money. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

School.

186. Reference : MM-1-17-40

Courtship.

| 17 June 1965 - Courtship: courtship exchanges conducted by letter. In Ban Wan prospective lovers court each other by taking food and flowers to their loved ones in the fields. Sometime people play the “pi” (Lue flute) as part of their courtship. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Courtship.

187. Reference : MM-1-109-84

Postcard from Davi to Moerman

| A greeting card from unidentifiable person to the Moerman family for the New Year. | Postcard

by : Michael Moerman

Postcard from Davi to Moerman