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Modern hunters: some account of the Kâmelilo-Kâpchepkendi Dorobo (Okiek) of Kenya Colony
journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland • 59 • Published In 1929 • Pages: 333-378 , 3 end plates
By: Huntingford, George Wynn Brereton, O'Brien, P. L..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This paper gives a general account of economic life, material culture, trade, religion, social institutions, government and rites of passage. In addition, there are vocabulary lists and a short grammatical sketch. A brief section on physical features is appended.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Vocabulary
- Grammar
- Linguistic identification
- Reviews and critiques
- Dwellings
- Ornament
- Normal garb
- Body alterations
- Clans
- Age stratification
- Weapons
- Hunting and trapping
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Okiek
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2014
- 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.
- 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
- Robert J. Theodoratus ; 1962
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1921-1928
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1921-1928
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kamelilo-Kapchepkendi Okiek, west-central Kenya
- NotesAdditional notes
- G. W. B. Huntingford ; with an account of the physical features by the Hon. P. L. O'Brien, M. A.
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- sn 79006341
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Okiek (African people)
- Dorobo (African people)