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0940
E1DaE1S09 is dressed in blue denim overalls and blue denim shirt. FaSiSoSo
is wearing a cotton shirt, heavy trousers, jacket and oxfords. The girls are
wearing dresses, socks, and shoes. 2Da24 has on a blouse, skirt, green
socks, and oxfords.
0941-(FaSiSo37D)
YoDaSo1 came into SCR from ESCR carrying a little toy in his hand.
0945-(FaSiSo37d)
I intended going to the buck herd today to take out my bucks (rams). I
was going to bring them down to Zuni to feed them to get them in
good shape—but there is no time to go over there today. I think I will
go tomorrow.
AdE1So27A went into ESCR, ENCR, and SER, but he had nothing to report.
Mo61 is still in SER shelling corn.
0950
Mo61 walks back into WNCR to build a fire in the WNCR cooking stove.
AdE1So27A says that she is going to make hominy with the stew.
3Da22 is mounting turquoise on sticks for grinding.
YoDaSo1 came into SCR a few moments ago with a homemade cardboard
horse which had been cut out by YoDaHu22.
2Da2Da3 followed YoDaSo1.
This house is full of activity and the children are running back and forth.
They are not playing outside today because the weather is poor.
E1Da28 is mounting turquoise on sticks in preparation for grinding. She
has a fire going in WR, which is a very large room to heat.
Figure 15.1. Excerpts from Roberts’s observations of a Zuni household. Persons and
things are identified by shorthand notation. For example, 2Da2Da3 is the family’s second
daughter, who is 3 years old. The sequence begins at 9:40 a.m. and ends at 10:00
a.m.
SOURCE: J. M. Roberts, Zuni Daily Life. 1965 [orig. 1956], HRAF Press.
several times so that children had become accustomed to him when he began
his intensive observation.
Fry describes his data collection procedures clearly:
The formal focal sampling observations were conducted between May and September
of 1983. They represent each day of the week and encompass the daylight