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How a Hawiye tribe used to live

Somalia, scritti vari editi ed inediti2Published In 1959 • Pages: HRAF Ms: 207 [original: 203-342, 387-392 ]

By: Cerulli, Enrico, Biancani, Piero.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a collection of Somali texts written in the dialect of the Hawiye of the middle valley of the Webi. The texts are concerned with the social life of the Hawiye Somali. These texts were gathered by Cerulli during the several years he spent in the field among the Somali (1919-1922).
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Literary texts
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
essay
Evaluation
Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Lawyer
Social Scientist
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
John Beierle ; Sigrid Khera ; 1972-1973
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1919-1922
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1919-1922
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
Enrico Cerulli
Translation of: Come viveva una tribù Hawiyya.
The original Italian text is not included
Translated for the HRAF files by Piero Biancani
Includes bibliographical references
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
60024993
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Somalis