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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)