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Anthropological, ethnological and ethnographic observations concerning the Heikum and Kung Bushmen: with an appendix on the languages of these Bushmen tribes
Zeitschrift für ethnologie • 38 • Published In 1906 • Pages: HRAF MS: 1-35 [Original: 241-268 ]
By: Werner, H., Neuse, Richard.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This account presents information on the physical characteristics of the Heikum San and offers additional materials on the culture of both Heikum and Kung groups. The cultural characteristics discussed include dance and music, diet, clothing, ornaments and amulets, utensils, weapons, tools and houses. In addition, there is a ten page vocabulary list which compares Heikum, Kung and Nama terms and also offers some information on grammar. The author did field work in the area.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Anthropometry
- Descriptive somatology
- Racial identification
- Physiological data
- Vocabulary
- Linguistic identification
- Hunting and trapping
- Diet
- Normal garb
- Ornament
- Music
- Dance
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- San
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- 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
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Physician
- 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
- Betty Potash ; 1961
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca. 1900
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1900
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Namibia, Botswana
- NotesAdditional notes
- H. Werner
- Translation of: [Anthropologische, ethnologische und ethnographische Beobachtungen uber die Heikum -- und Kungbuschleute, nebst einem Anhang uber die Sprachen dieser Buschmannstämme
- The original German text is not included
- Translated for the HRAF files by Richard Neuse in 1961
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- sv 87013889
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- San (African people)