Book
Monographie de la Tribu des Ndiki (Banen du Cameroun): Tome 1 -- Vie matérielle
Institut d'ethnologie • 58 • Published In 1955 • Pages: xxiv, 824
By: Dugast, Idelette.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is the first volume of a major two-volume ethnography of the Banen. Topics in this volume include the environment, the economy, and material life. The author focuses on members of six families observed at home and work—including detailed household budgets— with comparison of findings a dozen years apart.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Traditional history
- Tillage
- Vegetable production
- Arboriculture
- Food preparation
- Diet
- Mats and basketry
- Dwellings
- Furniture
- Division of labor by gender
- Standard of living
- Daily routine
- Household
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Banen
- 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.
- 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; 2020
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1934-1936, 1938-1939, 1940-1941, 1953-1954
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1934-1954
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Ndikiniméki subdivision, Mbam-et-Inoubou, Centre region, Cameroon
- NotesAdditional notes
- Idelette Dugast
- Includes bibliographical references (p. xi-xxiv)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 55003205
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ndiki (African people)
- Banen (African people)