Book
Double descent in an African society: the Afikpo village-group
University of Washington Press • Seattle • Published In 1968 • Pages: xviii, 284 , plates
By: Ottenberg, Simon.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is a description of the anomalous situation of double descent among the Igbo of Afikpo village-group. It contains descriptions of patrilineages, matrilineages and matriclans, the descent groups within the larger structure of the village and the village group, double descent and the individual, and double descent groups as entities. The data were gathered on two field trips and research was conducted apparently through participant observation and interviewing.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Lineages
- Clans
- Rule of descent
- Cult of the dead
- Eschatology
- Age stratification
- Sacred objects and places
- Towns
- Community structure
- Real property
- Acquisition and relinquishment of property
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Igbo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2003
- 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.
- 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
- Marlene Martin ; 1980-1981
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1951-1960
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1951-1960
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Afikpo Village-Group, southeastern Nigeria
- NotesAdditional notes
- Simon Ottenberg
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-278)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 68009133
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Igbo (African people)