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Certain rites of transition and the conception of !Nau among the Hottentots
Harvard African studies • 2 • Published In 1918 • Pages: 65-82
By: Hoernlé, Winifred .
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document's brief descriptions of various 'rites de passage' as observed by and told to the author shortly before World War I. The various rites had survived in the main only in much reduced form and much information was derived only by questioning the oldest members of the group. Some material on the concept of '!Nau' or ritual impurity is included. General information on the 'rites de passage' has been indexed for 796, while specific information has been indexed for the appropriate subject terms.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ethos
- Puberty and initiation
- Status and treatment of the aged
- Organized ceremonial
- Magical and mental therapy
- Diet
- Purification and atonement
- Sacred objects and places
- Avoidance and taboo
- Theory of disease
- Morbidity
- Medical therapy
- Pharmaceuticals
- Burial practices and funerals
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Khoi
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- 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.
- 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
- Timothy J. O'Leary ; 1958
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1912-1913
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900-1918
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- South Africa
- NotesAdditional notes
- A. Winifred Hoernlé
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 33006339
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Khoisan (African people)