Marshall, Lorna. N!ow

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Author: Author's name as listed in Library of Congress records Marshall, Lorna

Title: N!ow

Published in: if part or section of a book or monograph Africa -- Vol. 27

Published By: Original publisher Africa -- Vol. 27 London: Oxford University Press. 1957. 232-240 p.

By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication Lorna Marshall

HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.: Human Relations Area Files, 2005. Computer File

Culture: Culture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC) with the alphanumberic OWC identifier in parenthesis. San (FX10)

Subjects: Document-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF Climate (132); Magic (789); Ethnometeorology (821); Ethnozoology (825); Ethnoanatomy (826); Ethnophysiology (827); Pregnancy (843);

Abstract: Brief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document In this article the author describes some San beliefs regarding rain and cold and the powers vested in animals and humans which are used to influence rain is also given along with some information on climate and seasonal variation. The author, an ethnologist, did field work among the Kung.

Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents 6

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. fx10-006

Document Type: May include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs or chapters/parts of monographs. Journal Article

Language: Language that the document is written in English and French

Note: Summary in French Includes bibliographical references

Field Date: The date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document 1950-1955

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-5

Analyst: The HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection. Betty Potash ; 1961

Coverage Date: The date or dates that the information in the document pertains to (often not the same as the field date). ca. 1950-1955

Coverage Place: Location of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site) !Kung San, Nyae Nyae region, Namibia

LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings San (African people)