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Secret medicines, magic, and rites of the Kpelle tribe in Liberia
Southwestern journal of anthropology • 5 (3) • Published In 1949 • Pages: 208-243
By: Welmers, William Everett, 1916.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document is based upon ethnographic data which were collected incidentally in the course of the author's linguistic research. Its principal subject is sáe, or Kpelle 'medicines'. Such medicines are owned by individuals and range in type from those which are 'secret' and involve unusual powers to those which are simply well-known home remedies for common ailments. Others may be classified as 'poisons' and fall into a category which the author describes as 'black magic'.
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Kpelle
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2019
- 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
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Linguist
- 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
- M. A. Marcus ; 1984
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- NotesAdditional notes
- William E. Welmers
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Kpelle (African people)