Book
The life of a South African tribe: vol. 2
Macmillan and Co., Limited • London • Published In 1927 • Pages:
By: Junod, Henri Alexandre.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is the second volume of Junod's definitive work on the Thonga tribe, the first volume of which may be found as source number 1 in this file. This volume is divided into three general parts: the first deals with the agricultural and industrial life of the people, the second with their literary and artistic life, and the third with religion and superstitition. The first section contains a good deal of information on the material culture of the Thonga--their food and drink, their clothing and ornamentation, and their utensils--as well as material on their agricultural customs and techniques, food-getting activities and commerce. The second division includes valuable information on their language, folklore and music, and texts of songs, proverbs, riddles and folktales are provided. The last and longest section covers the entire gamut of Thonga religious life and superstitions, emphasizing, for example, the native conceptions of nature and man; ancestrolatry and concepts of heaven; magic, including medical art, spirit possession, witchcraft and divination; taboos and conceptions of morality.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural identity and pride
- Settlement patterns
- Real property
- Community structure
- Community heads
- Chief executive
- Inheritance
- Judicial authority
- Ingroup antagonisms
- Localized kin groups
- Highways and bridges
- Tillage
- Annual cycle
- Mutual aid
- Mythology
- Labor supply and employment
- Division of labor by gender
- External relations
- Sacred objects and places
- Cult of the dead
- Marriage
- Visiting and hospitality
- Avoidance and taboo
- Diet
- Alcoholic beverages
- Burial practices and funerals
- Prophets and ascetics
- Celibacy
- Family relationships
- Polygamy
- Magical and mental therapy
- Kinship terminology
- Kin relationships
- Cousins
- Offenses and sanctions
- Ethnometeorology
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tsonga
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- 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
- Ruth Heffner ; 1954
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1895-1909
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1895-1927
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- South africa
- NotesAdditional notes
- Henri A. Junod
- Pp. 585-633 contain appendices, some of which have not been marked for categories since the information provided applies to the Bantu in general and only incidentally to the Thonga. The index and glossary of native terms for both volumes I and II will be found in category 104 or category 116, pp. 645-660.
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tsonga (African peoples)