essay
A Wolof naming ceremony: human interaction and its aesthetic significance
Verbal and visual expressions of Wolof culture • (22) • Published In 1991 • Pages: 141-160 leaves
By: Gamble, David P., Ames, David.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article deals primarily with a Wolof naming ceremony observed by the author and Dr. David Ames at Buntung near Njau in Upper Saalum in 1950. Although the primary focus of the work is on the ceremony itself,other data in the document highlight practices relevant to childbirth, postnatal care of child and mother, and various other customs and magical rites associated with the newborn. Later interviews with native informants following the ceremony further substantiate the author's observations.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Naming
- Visiting and hospitality
- Magic
- Childbirth
- Postnatal care
- Social placement
- Infant care
- 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
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- 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
- John Beierle ; 1998
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1950
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1950
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Buntung near Njau, Upper Saalum
- NotesAdditional notes
- David P. Gamble with David Ames, et al.
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 92181103
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Wolof (African people)