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Seventeen trips through Somaliland and a visit to Abyssinia: a record of exploration and big game shooting, with descriptive notes on the fauna of the country
R. Ward • London • Published In 1900 • Pages:
By: Swayne, Harald George Carlos.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Between the years 1884-1893, Swayne, then an officer in the British Army, undertook several journeys in (mainly British) Somaliland. This source is a record of his observations gained in these trips. It is useful for its descriptions of geography, nomadic life, settlement patterns, and material culture.
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Somali
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1997
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Government Official
- 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
- Robert Lee, Timothy J. O'Leary ; 1959
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1885-1897
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1883-1892
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Somalia, Djibouti, and southeastern Ethiopia
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Major H. G. C. Swayne, R. E.
- Chapters III to XII (pages 43-353) that are devoted to Swayne's hunting and exploratory activities are not included
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 01004191
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Somalis