book chapter
Anthropology and ethnography of the peoples of Somalia
Nicola Zanichelli • 3 • Published In 1936 • Pages: HRAF Ms: 1-205 [original: vii, 140 ], plates
By: Puccioni, Nello, Looney, Kathryn A..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Puccioni was a member of the 1924 Italian scientific expedition to Somalia. This report is based upon field data gathered during the trip, specimens from museum collections, and literary records. It deals mainly with material objects such as dwellings, furniture, utensils, tools, weapons, clothing ornaments, musical instruments and the related handicrafts such as woodworking, basketry, weaving, and metallurgy. Other topics discussed include animal herding, agriculture, hunting, fishing, food stimulants, medicine, social customs, and bodily mutilations. The author also traces the distribution and transmission of various Somali cultural traits among neighboring peoples.
- 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.
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary 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, George R. Bedell ; 1960
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1924
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1924
- 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
- Nello Puccioni
- Translation of: Antropologia e etnografia delle genti della Somalia.
- The original Italian text is not included
- Translated for the HRAF files by Kathryn A. Looney.
- Pages omitted from the file: 106-138
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Somalis