Book
Dahomey, an ancient West African kingdom: volume 2
Northwestern University Press • Evanston [ill.] • Published In 1967 • Pages:
By: Herskovits, Melville J. (Melville Jean).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
A sequel to the author’s description of salient features of Dahomey culture and polity, this book focuses on the complex links between Dahomean concepts the world and religiosity with the inner workings of the political systems. Herskovits discusses these links with detailed data on the organization of administrative, judicial, and royal institutions and control on one hand, and the determining powers of Dahomean concepts of god and religiosity on the other. Other aspects of cultures covered in this volume include visual arts (mostly limited to religious graphic arts and magical objects), folklore, music and dances.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Form and rules of government
- Chief executive
- Community structure
- General character of religion
- Spirits and gods
- Animism
- Cosmology
- Mythology
- Cult of the dead
- Visual arts
- Verbal arts
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Music
- Musical instruments
- Dance
- Organized ceremonial
- Revelation and divination
- Magic
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Fon
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2016
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Western Africa
- 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.
- Anthropologist
- 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
- Teferi Abate Adem ; 2014
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1931
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1845-1931
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Benin (Dahomey)
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Melville J. Herskovits
- Reprint of the 1938 ed.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-376)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 67031811
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Fon (African people)
- Ethnology--Benin
- Benin