essay
The Bushmen of South West Africa
native tribes of South West Africa, by Carl Hugo Linsingen Hahn • Cape Town • Published In 1928 • Pages: 79-105
By: Fourie, Louis.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author of this account of the San was Medical Officer for South West Africa (Namibia) ca. 1920. In this article he gives a general account of San culture dealing with their origins, the location and population of different tribes, the band organization, some details on settlements, houses, etc. There is also material on marriage, childbirth, economic activities, dancing and games, and magico-religious beliefs and practices of the San. While the article is short and therefore limited in the amount of detail given, it is a good general account.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Location
- Collecting
- Hunting and trapping
- Food preparation
- Diet
- Settlement patterns
- Fire
- Games
- Dance
- Arranging a marriage
- Nuptials
- 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
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Physician
- 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. 1920
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1920
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Namibia, Botswana
- NotesAdditional notes
- by L. Fourie
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 105)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 31029127
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- San (African people)