book chapter
Anthropological report on the Ibo-speaking peoples of Nigeria: pt. IV. Law and custom of the Ibo of the Asaba district, S. Nigeria
Harrison and Sons • London • Published In 1914 • Pages:
By: Thomas, Northcote Whitridge.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source compares customary, social, legal and economic practice in various Asaba District towns. Included are ritual and religious beliefs, roles of status and political power, marriage, criminal and civil legal codes regarding life and property, productive activities, and marketing.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Spirits and gods
- Sacred objects and places
- Magic
- Status, role, and prestige
- Chief executive
- Mode of marriage
- Arranging a marriage
- Offenses against life
- Property offenses
- Judicial authority
- Slavery
- Real property
- Inheritance
- Tillage
- Retail marketing
- 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 chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Government Official
- 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
- Jan Simpson ; 1981
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1912
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Asaba District, southern Nigeria
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Northcote W. Thomas …
- See specific subject categories to note the degree of uniformity in practices.
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 13025333
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Igbo (African people)