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On the Masai E-Unoto
Man • 63 • Published In 1963 • Pages: 190-192
By: Margetts, Edward L..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This short note describes one step in the E-Unoto ceremony of the Maasai, namely the sacrifice of the heifer and the distribution of the hide finger rings to the warriors. The accompanying photographs illustrate the latter procedure. Mr. Margetts speculates briefly on the symbolic meaning of the hide finger rings.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Organized ceremonial
- 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 TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Physician
- 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
- July 25, 1958
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- July 25, 1958
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- between Ewaso Kedong and Suswa, Nakuru county, Kenya
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Edward L. Margetts, M.D.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 192)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- sf 80000548
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Masai (African people)