book chapter
Religion and art in Ashanti
Clarendon Press • Oxford, England • Published In 1927 • Pages:
By: Rattray, R. S. (Robert Sutherland).
Abstract
This volume, the second of Captain Rattray's three ethnographic studies of the Ashanti, completes the general survey of religious beliefs begun in ‘Ashant’. Detailed data are presented on the form and importance of ancestor worship, spirits and gods, fetishes, oaths, and taboos in Ashanti religious beliefs and practices; arts and crafts surveyed, ceremonial rites are described, and various rites of passage, including customs related to birth, puberty, marriage, and death, are discussed and analyzed. The chapter on cross-cousion marriages amplifies the material on this subject presented by Rattray and L.H. Dudley Buxton in an article previously published (see document #13). In addition to Rattray's data, this volume contains contributions from a number of authorities as follows: C.G. Seligman, Dreams and Dream Interpretation, pp. 197-204; L.H. Dudley Buxton, The Biological Significance of Cross-Cousin Marriages in Ashanti, pp. 332-343; Vernon Blake, The Aesthetic of Ashanti, pp. 344-381; G.T. Bennett, Wari, pp. 382-390; R.R. Marett, Some General Aspects of the Ashanti Religion, pp. 391-398.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Western Africa
- Document Type
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnographer
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Mary L. Bartlett ; 1954
- Field Date
- 1921-192?
- Coverage Date
- not specified
- Coverage Place
- Ashanti; Ghana
- Notes
- by Capt. R. S. Rattray, M.B.E., B.Sc. (Oxon.)
- The index is not included
- LCSH
- Akan (African people)