Book
The forest people
Simon and Schuster • New York, N.y. • Published In 1962 • Pages:
By: Turnbull, Colin M..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Colin Turnbull singles out a few events in order to present a general picture of the Epulu net-hunting band of Mbuti Pygmies. Extensive sections portray the band's reaction to the death of one of its members in a Congolese native village, which included flight to a forest camp and a prolonged MOLIMO mourning ceremony. Another large part is taken up with narrative of rites and attitudes related to coming-of-age and marriage. The theme running throughout these activities is a preference and reverence for forest life in contrast with the sedentary, cleared-plantation settlements of the Congo natives.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Nuptials
- Dying
- Burial practices and funerals
- Mourning
- Puberty and initiation
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Mbuti
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1995
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central 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
- Adolph Hoehling ; John Beierle
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1951, 1957, 1958
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Epulu Band, Ituri Forest, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- NotesAdditional notes
- Colin M. Turnbull ; foreword by Harry L. Shapiro
- Includes index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 61012850
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Bambute