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Communal fishing and fishing magic in the northern territories of the Gold Coast
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland • 67 • Published In 1937 • Pages: 131-142
By: Fortes, Meyer.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source examines the social structure of communal fishing among the Tallensi and the extent of the ensuing relations beyond the fishing itself. Attention is paid to fishing methods, ownership of the fish pools, division of the catch, and propitiatory magic and ritual. The author was currently William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Fishing
- Fishing gear
- Annual cycle
- Diet
- Organized ceremonial
- Magic
- Weapons
- Burden carrying
- Gender status
- Labor and leisure
- Woodworking
- Ingroup antagonisms
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Revelation and divination
- Taxation and public income
- Status, role, and prestige
- 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
- 1934-1935
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1934-1937
- 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
- Meyer Fortes
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- unk82052056
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tallensi (African people)