Book
Gusii bridewealth law and custom
Published for the Rhodes-Livingstone Institute by G. Cumberlege, Oxford University Press • (18) • Published In 1950 • Pages: iv, 67
By: Mayer, Philip.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a detailed study of bridewealth among the Gusii (Kisii) people of South Kavirondo District, Republic of Kenya, East Africa, during the the author's first fieldwork tour as sociologist for the Kenya Government in 1946-1947. In his discussion Mayer describes the processes involved in arranging the initial marriage, then various aspects of the bridewealth itself, including data on its composition, associated sacrifices and entertainments, additional customary gifts, assembly of goods by members of the family, and replacement and recompense in case of divorce or death of the wife.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Sociocultural trends
- Domesticated animals
- Acquisition and relinquishment of property
- Borrowing and lending
- Inheritance
- Gift giving
- Mode of marriage
- Arranging a marriage
- Nuptials
- Termination of marriage
- Lineages
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Gusii
- 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
- Eastern 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.
- Sociologist
- 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
- John Beierle ; 2005
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1946-1947
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1946-1947
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- South Kavirondo District, Republic of Kenya, East Africa
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Philip Mayer
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 52001060
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Gusii (African people)