book chapter
Peoples of Dar Fung: Ingassana-Mao group
Peoples of south-west Ethiopia and its borderland • (3) • Published In 1956 • Pages: 11-37
By: Cerulli, Ernesta.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This ethnographic survey describes the Mao and neighboring peoples of southwestern Ethiopia. Coverage ranges from aspects of traditional culture and history to the effects of increased contact with neighboring ethnic groups—including the politically centralized Kafa with whom the southern Mao claim historical affinity, and the demographically dominant Oromo peoples who entered the area beginning in the sixteenth century. Increased incorporation into the Ethiopian state also affected Mao culture and society.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Culture summary
- Location
- Traditional history
- Linguistic identification
- Inter-ethnic relations
- Community structure
- Inter-community relations
- Clans
- Form and rules of government
- Chief executive
- Status, role, and prestige
- General character of religion
- Cosmology
- Mythology
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Regulation of marriage
- Mode of marriage
- Family relationships
- Ornament
- Body alterations
- Settlement patterns
- Tillage
- Vegetable production
- Diet
- Forest products
- Dwellings
- Alcoholic beverages
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Mao
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2019
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2018
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date given
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1870-1950
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Benishangul-Gumuz region, Ethiopia
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Ernesta Cerulli
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 52065119
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ethnology--Ethiopia