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The coiffeur of the Masai warrior
Tanganyika notes and records • (26) • Published In 1948 • Pages: 80-82
By: Elliott, H. F. I..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This very brief article describes in detail one of the favorite and most elaborate hair styles (called 'helmet') worn by the [n]moran[/n] (the Maasai warriors). Mr. Elliott is of the opinion that the preservation of distinctive and complicated coiffures by the Maasai may be one of the ways in which they seek to maintain their ethnic and cultural identity.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Personal grooming
- Uniform and accouterment
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Maasai
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1996
- 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
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ornithologist
- 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
- Amal Vinogradov ; 1965
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1937-1961
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1937-1948
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kenya and Tanzania
- NotesAdditional notes
- by H. F. I. Elliott
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 58039039
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Masai (African people)