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Ifa Divination: comments on the paper by J. D. Clarke
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland • 69 • Published In 1942 • Pages: 235-256 ; 41-43
By: Bascom, William Russell.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this short article, Bascom comments on a paper by J. D. Clarke (document 18). Bascom says that Clarke fails to understand the significance of the sequences of the Odu figures that he published. He also notes that Clarke over-emphasizes Ibo divination and fails to realize the significance of Ifa verses. Bascom was, at the time of this publication, Professor of Anthropology at the University of California (Berkeley).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Revelation and divination
- Cultural participation
- Reviews and critiques
- Sacred objects and places
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Yoruba
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- 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 ; 1959
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1937-1938
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1930-1940
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Nigeria
- NotesAdditional notes
- William R. Bascom
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- unk82052056
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Yoruba (African people)