Book
A preliminary survey of the Turkana: a report compiled for the government of Kenya
University of Cape Town • (26) • Published In 1951 • Pages: 7, 281
By: Gulliver, P. H..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is the result of a preliminary survey of the social life of the Turkana undertaken as part of the Colonial research program of the Government of Kenya. A wide range of topics is covered, including the economic, social, and cultural dimensions of animal husbandry, alternative economic activities, the property system, social and political organization, international relations, justice and judicial organization, life cycle, and religion.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Domesticated animals
- Pastoral activities
- Production and supply
- Territorial hierarchy
- Household
- Community structure
- Property in movables
- Kin relationships
- Age stratification
- Public welfare
- Status, role, and prestige
- Majority
- Mode of marriage
- Magicians and diviners
- Sorcery
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Turkana
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- 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.
- 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
- Gerald Reid ; 1989
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1948-1949
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1888-1950
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- around Lake Turkana, Kenya
- NotesAdditional notes
- by P. H. Gulliver
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 252)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 52001347
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Turkana (African people)