Book
The Asante
British Museum Publications • London • Published In 1981 • Pages:
By: McLeod, M. D. (Malcolm D.).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book is a cultural history of the Asante Kingdom that was written to accompany the 1981 exhibition, ‘Asante, Kingdom of Gold,’ at the Museum of Mankind in London. In the first half of the book, McLeod discusses Asante subsistence and settlement patterns, religion, court life, and artisanship. In the second half he discusses Asante material culture, including stools, gold-weights, brass vessels, weaving, pottery and woodcarvings. He does a good job of placing the artifacts in the context of Asante social, political, and religious life.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Woven and other interworked fabrics
- Paraphernalia
- Ornament
- Ceramic technology
- Smiths and their crafts
- Furniture
- Utensils
- Medium of exchange
- Visual arts
- Weights and measures
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Akan
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- 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
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Antiquarian
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ;1999
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- Not Specified
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1817-1901
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Ashanti; Ghana
- NotesAdditional notes
- M. D. McLeod
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-189) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 81159019
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Akan (African people)