book chapter
Senegalese sketches
P. Bertrand, Libraire-Editeur • Paris • Published In 1853 • Pages:
By: Boilat, Abbé P. -D. (P. -David), Brunel, Ariane.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document is a general ethnographic account of the Wolof by an Apostolic Missionary Priest. Although none of the material is presented in depth, it will be useful for comparative purposes since it is an early description of the people.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Traditional history
- Chief executive
- Executive household
- Food preparation
- Sorcery
- Leisure time activities
- Normal garb
- Etiquette
- Organized ceremonial
- Priesthood
- 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.
- Missionary
- 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
- Joan Steffens ; 1964
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca. 1843
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1843
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kingdoms of Cayor, Walo, Dhiolof, Senegal
- NotesAdditional notes
- Abbé P. -D. Boilat
- Translation of: Esquisses Sénégalaises
- The original French text is not included
- Translated for the HRAF files by Ariane Brunel
- Only pp. 278-326 and pp. 357-367 of Chapter 7, 'The Wolof,' and the end map are included
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Wolof (African people)