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Author: Author's name as listed in Library of Congress records
Paulitschke, Philipp Viktor, 1854-1899
Title:
Contributions to the ethnography and anthropology of the
Somali, Galla, and Harari
Published By: Original publisher
Leipzig: Eduard Baldamus. 1888. HRAF Ms: 1-95 p.
[original: viii, 105 p.] ill., map [incomplete]
By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication
by Philipp Paulitschke
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
Human Relations Area Files, 1997. Computer File
Culture: Culture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC) with the alphanumberic OWC identifier in parenthesis.
Somali (MO04)
Subjects: Document-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Abstract: Brief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The Somali tribes described here are the Ejssa, Gadaburssi,
Habr Aual, Bertirri, Girri, Bersub, Babilli, and Ogaden of British Somaliland. Paulitschke
is at his best describing the physical environment and material culture of the tribesmen.
However, there is also information on social and religious institutions.
Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents
15
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.
mo04-015
Document Type: May include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs or chapters/parts of monographs.
Component part(s), monograph
Language: Language that the document is written in
English translation from German
Note:
Translation of: Beitrage zur ethnographie und
anthropologie der Somal, Galla und Harari.|The original German text is not included
Translated for the HRAF files by Richard Neuse.|Only pp. 13-40, 98-99, and plates 1-16, and
the end map are included The tribal sub-groups have been indexed for Clans (614) and the
FAKIDE for Lineages (613).
Field Date: The date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
ca. 1880
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
Natural Scientist, Ethnologist-5
Analyst: The HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection.
Robert Lee ; 1960
Coverage Date: The date or dates that the information in the document pertains to (often not the same as the field date).
ca. 1880
Coverage Place: Location of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Ejssa, Gadaburssi, Habr Aual, Bertirri, Girri,
Bersub, Babilli, and Ogaden of Somalia, Djibouti, and southeastern Ethiopia
LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Somalis
