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Food in the domestic economy of the Tallensi
Africa • 9 • Published In 1936 • Pages: 237-276
By: Fortes, Meyer, Fortes, Sonia L..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article discusses principally the growing, preparation and eating of food among the Tallensi, and its relation to the domestic economy. The annual agricultural and economic cycles are outlined. Some recipes are given in an Appendix, pp. 274-276.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Diet
- Eating
- Household
- Extended families
- Dwellings
- Avoidance and taboo
- Sacred objects and places
- Division of labor by gender
- Cereal agriculture
- Exchange transactions
- Kin relationships
- Gift giving
- Water supply
- Food preparation
- Preservation and storage of food
- Utensils
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tallensi
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- 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.
- 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
- Timothy J. O'Leary ; 1957
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1934-1936
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1934-1936
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tongo village, Ghana
- NotesAdditional notes
- M. and S. L. Fortes
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 29010790
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tallensi (African people)