Publication Information The main body of the Publication Information page contains all the metadata that HRAF holds for that document.
Author: Author's name as listed in Library of Congress records
Colson, Audrey Butt
Title:
The Luo of Kenya
Published in: if part or section of a book or monograph
The Nilotes of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan and
Uganda
Published By: Original publisher
The Nilotes of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan and
Uganda
London: International African Institute. 1952. 108-118 p.
By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication
by Audrey Butt
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
Human Relations Area Files, 2010. Computer File
Culture: Culture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC) with the alphanumberic OWC identifier in parenthesis.
Luo (FL11)
Subjects: Document-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Lineages (613);
Clans (614);
Territorial hierarchy (631);
Tribe and nation (619);
Offenses against life (682);
(836582);
Mode of marriage (583);
Ingroup antagonisms (578);
(592881);
Burial practices and funerals (764);
Cult of the dead (769);
Abstract: Brief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This brief secondary survey of Luo culture by an
anthropologist is based mostly upon original work by Evans-Pritchard. It includes
information on social organization, marriage ceremonies, religious beliefs and life cycle
of the Luo.
Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents
1
Document ID: HRAF's unique document identifier. The first part is the OWC identifier and the second part is the document number in three digits.
fl11-001
Document Type: May include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs or chapters/parts of monographs.
Essay
Language: Language that the document is written in
English
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
Field Date: The date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
Evaluation: In this alphanumeric code, the first part designates the type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigene, and so on. The second part is 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
Ethnologist-4
Analyst: The HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection.
Robert Lee ; 1959
Coverage Date: The date or dates that the information in the document pertains to (often not the same as the field date).
1932-1952
Coverage Place: Location of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Luoland, Kenya
LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Luo (Kenyan and Tanzanian people)
