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The ?Auin: a contribution to the study of the Bushmen
Mitteilungen aus den deutschen Schutzgebieten • 23 • Published In 1910 • Pages: HRAF ms: 1-75 [Original: 135-160 ]
By: Kaufmann, Hans, Neuse, Richard.
Abstract
This account is a general source on San culture. The author, a government official stationed in the territory, has attempted to cover a wide range of culture elements and although the detail offered is slight, the number of aspects of San life gone into is considerable. There are data on material culture, economic life and property, marriage, law, war, chieftainship, games, puberty rites, childbirth, sickness and death, medical practices, etc.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2005
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Southern Africa
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Government Official
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Betty Potash ; 1961
- Field Date
- 1908
- Coverage Date
- 1908
- Coverage Place
- Auen San, Namibia and Botswana
- Notes
- Hans Kaufmann
- Translation of: [Die Auin. Ein Beitrag zur Buschmannforschung]
- The original German text is not included
- Translated for the HRAF files by Richard Neuse in 1961
- LCCN
- 15011419
- LCSH
- San (African people)