Book
The Ovimbundu of Angola: Frederick H. Rawson-Field Museum ethnological expedition to West Africa, 1929-30. ; 84 plates in photogravure and 1 map
[s. n.] • 21 (2) • Published In 1934 • Pages: 89-362 , plates
By: Hambly, Wilfrid Dyson.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This monograph is based upon one year's field research in Angola and Nigeria as well as a comprehensive bibliographical study on the Ovimbundu and their neighbors. In this pioneer ethnographic study of the Mbundu the coverage is reasonably complete, considering the magnitude of the task. Primary emphasis is on historical reconstruction with the result that several chapters are dedicated to analyzing the distribution of culture traits of the Ovimbundu and other African tribes. While social structure is only superficially treated, the following sections are well-documented: music, literature, the decorative arts and ethnobotany (particularly pp. 138-140).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Grammar
- Smiths and their crafts
- Music
- Literary texts
- Marriage
- Kinship terminology
- Burial practices and funerals
- Health and welfare
- Puberty and initiation
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Ovimbundu
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southern 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
- Richard Schaedel ; 1955
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1929-1930
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1929
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Angola
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Wilfrid D. Hambly
- The plates which follow the text have been paginated pp. 363-406.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-355)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 34041556
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mbundu (African people)