Book
Marriage among the Nkundu
Librairie Falk fils, Georges Van Campenhout, Successeur • 8 • Published In 1938 • Pages: iv, 520
By: Hulstaert, Gustave E., Vizedom, Monika B..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document, by a Belgian Roman Catholic missionary, is an exhaustive study of the ramifications of marriage and the family in the life of the Nkundu Mongo, with emphasis on the aboriginal culture. Topics treated include a preliminary description of Nkundu history and culture, the marriage agreement, the various forms of marriage and pseudo-marriage, the age of the bride and groom, obstacles to marriage, married life, polygamy, divorce, death, and children. There is a brief section on kinship terminology.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Marriage
- Family relationships
- Polygamy
- Extended families
- Inheritance
- Burial practices and funerals
- Techniques of socialization
- Kin relationships
- Lineages
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Mongo
- 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
- 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.
- Missionary
- 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
- Timothy J. O'Leary ; 1959
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca. 1930
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1930-1938
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- NotesAdditional notes
- Gustave E. Hulstaert
- Translation of: [Le Mariage des Nkundó
- Information on the <highlight rend='underline'>ndonga</highlight>, the official witness to the marriage, usually related to both parties, has been indexed for ARRANGING A MARRIAGE. Material on the <highlight rend='underline'>boóndo</highlight>, a payment in apology or retraction, has been indexed for ETIQUETTE.
- Translated for the HRAF files by Monika B. Vizedom
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mongo (African people)