Book
The Gond and Bhumia of eastern Mandla
Asia Pub. House • Bombay, New York • Published In 1960 • Pages:
By: Fuchs, Stephen.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a descriptive ethnology of Gond cultural life, covering specifically material culture, sociology, life histories, and religion up to the mid twentieth century. Comparative data on the Bhumia (AW46), a central Indian tribal group, has been indexed only for category 171 (comparative data) where the information is relevant. Throughout the text Fuchs attempts to show how the Gond have borrowed from Hindu culture and religion, without however losing completely their own tribal identity.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Tillage
- Clans
- Kinship terminology
- Friendships
- Castes
- Police
- Nuptials
- Burial practices and funerals
- Eschatology
- Magicians and diviners
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Spirits and gods
- Mythology
- Organized ceremonial
- Sorcery
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Gond
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- South Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 2010
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1951
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1881-1951
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Eastern Mandla District, India
- NotesAdditional notes
- Stephen Fuchs
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 569-572)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 60004528
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Gond (Indic people)
- Bharia (Indic people)