Year 1958-1961

Scope and content :

1958-1961. The first field work trip of Moerman in Thailand. He spent almost 3 years to collected field data about the Lue society, tradition, culture, and daily life of Tai Lue community at Ban Phaed, Payao province. 3295 records of slide, photograph, punch card, letter, notebook, typescript, and map.

Repository : SAC

Extent and medium : 3295 records of slide, photograph, punch card, letter, notebook, typescript, and map.

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-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)

Traditional Knowledge License : Traditional Knowledge Attribution Non-Commercial (TK A-NC)

Language : English/Thai

Script : English/Thai

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

21. Reference : MM-1-11-23

Sex & reproduction.

| The contraceptive methods of the villagers are medical (both ingested and by injection). Use of a condom is not popular, but local herbs are used. Abortion is done through injection or by taking purgatives. | Punch card

Sex & reproduction.

22. Reference : MM-1-11-24

Sex & reproduction.

| The female menarche occurs at 16 to 18 years old. And menopause is common at 40 to 50 years. Menstrual taboos, diseases affecting fertility, desire number of offspring and contraception. | Punch card

Sex & reproduction.

23. Reference : MM-1-11-25

Sex & reproduction.

| When a couple has no children, it can be because the man or woman is sterile. One cannot tell which one, unless one of them remarries. | Punch card

Sex & reproduction.

24. Reference : MM-1-11-26

clothing

| Men and women wear regular cloth in the cold season while sleeping. But in summer, men sleep in an undershirt and trousers and women wear a sin with hoj (a kind of undershirt for women), or with nothing on the upper part of their body. | Punch card

clothing

25. Reference : MM-1-11-15

Sucking.

| Nursing suckling, taking a bath, a soluton when a mother has no milk. | Punch card

Sucking.

26. Reference : MM-1-11-27

Prenacy.

| Morning sickness of a woman who is pregnant, symptoms of pregnancy. Signs to show the time of delivery is near. | Punch card

Prenacy.

27. Reference : MM-1-11-29

Baw ew saw of fother villages.

| Boys visit a girl in the evening, and a the way a boy dresses when visiting a girl. The area where boys are usually visiting girls. Proposing marriage to a girl. | Punch card

Baw ew saw of fother villages.

28. Reference : MM-1-11-30

Marriage ideals.

| Attitudes towards choosing to be a couple - do not marry a woman who is older or a woman who was previously married. | Punch card

Marriage ideals.

29. Reference : MM-1-11-31

Marriage.

| Marriage conditions determined by the parent so that a man and women will marry a person from the same village. To marry with an outsider is hard to find out if he or she escaped. | Punch card

Marriage.

30. Reference : MM-1-11-32

Wedding.

| A traditional Lue wedding is simple. Expenses depend on the number of guests, and the one who is wealthier will have to pay for food. | Punch card

Wedding.