Book
Life among the cattle-owning plateau Tonga: the material culture of a Northern Rhodesia native tribe
Rhodes-Livingstone Museum • (6) • Published In 1949 • Pages: 40 , 8 of plates
By: Colson, Elizabeth, University of Zambia. Institute for Social Research.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This overview of Plateau Tonga culture includes discussion of subsistence activities, settlement patterns, dwellings and other structures, crafts, utensils, food, clothing, and ritual objects. There is additional coverage of childhood activities and adult amusements.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Tillage
- Cereal agriculture
- Preservation and storage of food
- Mats and basketry
- Woodworking
- Ceramic technology
- Smiths and their crafts
- Dwellings
- Settlement patterns
- Division of labor by gender
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tonga
- 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
- 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
- Ian Skoggard; 2012
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1946-1948
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1946-1948
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- eastern-central Southern province, Zambia
- NotesAdditional notes
- by E. Colson
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 58033274
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tonga (Zambezi people)