book chapter
Wolof
Une Mission au Sénégal by Dr. Lasnet, A. Cligny, Aug. Chevalier, and P. Rambaud • Paris • Published In 1900 • Pages: HRAF Ms: 30 [Original: viii, 348 , plates]
By: Lasnet, Schütze, Frieda.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is taken from a section called 'Les Races de Sénégal' written by Dr. Lasnet in 'Une Mission au Sénégal'. It is a general ethnography of the Wolof, with most attention given to their physical appearance, anthropometry, hair styles, general personality traits and economic activities.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Anthropometry
- Descriptive somatology
- Normal garb
- Personal grooming
- Labor and leisure
- Body alterations
- Occupational specialization
- Classes
- Weapons
- Utensils
- General tools
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Wolof
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1999
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Western 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.
- Physician
- 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
- Millicent Kim ; 1964
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- West Africa
- NotesAdditional notes
- Dr. Lasnet
- Translation of: Ouolofs
- The original French text is not included
- Translated for the HRAF files by Frieda Schütze
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Wolof (African people)