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The Turkana of Kolosia District
Journal of Great Britain and Ireland • 57 • Published In 1927 • Pages: 157-201
By: Emley, E. D..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article presents a summary of the ethnography of the Turkana living in Kolosia District in northwestern Kenya during the first quarter of the 20th century. Although topical discussion is superficial at times, the author does make the attempt to cover a wide range of subject matter in his work. This source serves as an excellent introduction to the reader for the more detailed studies in this file.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Territorial hierarchy
- Tribe and nation
- Identification
- Basis of marriage
- Normal garb
- Animal by-products
- Illegitimacy
- Mourning
- Burial practices and funerals
- Inheritance
- Ordering of time
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Turkana
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2019
- 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.
- 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
- John Beierle ; 1989
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1926
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kolosia District, Kenya
- NotesAdditional notes
- By E. D. Emley
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- unk82052056
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Turkana (African people)