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Concepts in wood and stone: socio-religious monuments of the Konso of southern Ethiopia
Zeitschrift für Ethnologie • Berlin • Published In 2002 • Pages: 77-101
By: Amborn, Hermann.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The Konso are renowned for carved wood sculptures and hewn stone stelae. Artistic elements depicted in these unique objects are described in early accounts of Konso society. By shifting the focus to their deeper meanings and day-to-day cultural functions as memorials of war heroes and ancestors, this article argues that these works of art help the Konso inculcate shared values and ideal images of admired and respected individuals.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Mnemonic devices
- Visual arts
- War veterans
- Cult of the dead
- Social personality
- Ethos
- Status, role, and prestige
- Woodworking
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Konso
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2016
- 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
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- 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
- Teferi Abate Adem ; 2015
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1973-1974, 1980-1981, 2000
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1931-2000
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Konso Special Woreda, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, Ethiopia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Hermann Amborn
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 100-101)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 2004265250
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Konso (African people)