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Extract from a monograph on the inhabitants of the Circle of N'Zérékoré (Guerze, Kono, Manon): The artisans - the techniques and the arts
Études Guinéennes • 13 • Published In 1955 • Pages: HRAF ms: 1, 11 l. [Original: 3-54 ]
By: Germain, J., Granka, Sherri L..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document is essentially a study of the material culture of the Kpelle of the Circle of N'Zérékoré(Guinea), with comparative data on the Manon and Kono. The work is divided into three major divisions or chapters. Chapter 1 deals with the various types of artisans and their crafts (e.g., smiths, weavers, potters, basket makers, and raffia workers). The second part of this document, chapter 2, is concerned primarily with the basic economy, providing much information on such activities as hunting, fishing, animal husbandry, agriculture, foods, food preparation and preservation, clothing and housing. Chapter 3, the final section, entitled 'Intellectual and Artistic Life', delves briefly into the Kpelle's knowledge of medicine, astronomy (i.e., ethno-astronomy), and mathematics, the latter as represented through their measurement of time, units of quantitative measure and methods of counting. The remainder of this chapter is a mixed bag of information on games, personal ornamentation and tattooing, sculpture, music, musical instruments, dancing, and a brief description of the oral literature and story telling.
- 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.
- Government Official
- 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 ; 1986
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- NotesAdditional notes
- By J. Germain
- Translation of: [Extrait d'une Monographie des habitants du Cercle de N'Zérékoré(Guerzé, Kono, Manon) Les artisans -- Les techniques et les arts]
- Translated for the HRAF files by Sherri L. Granka
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- sv 89091236
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Kpelle (African people)