article
The social organization of the Dorobo
African studies • 1 • Published In 1942 • Pages: 183-200
By: Huntingford, George Wynn Brereton.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source presents a thorough analysis of social organization, with emphasis on kinship terminology and relationships. The author also discusses government relations, clans, settlements, personal characteristics, and economic life. The work concludes with tables of relationship terms and a map of the area.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Functional and adaptational interpretations
- Kinship terminology
- Settlement patterns
- Composition of population
- Clans
- Collecting
- Hunting and trapping
- External relations
- Gift giving
- External trade
- 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
- John Beierle ; 1964
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1938-1939
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1938-1939
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kapchepkendi Okiek, Northern Tinderet Forest area, west-central Kenya
- NotesAdditional notes
- G. W. B. Huntingford
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 45015602
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Okiek (African people)
- Dorobo (African people)