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Circumcision among the Tiv
Man • 54 • Published In 1954 • Pages: 2-6
By: Bohannan, Paul.
Abstract
This article deals with the function of circumcision in Tiv culture. The relation of the practice to age grades, ritualism, and the attainment of adult status is sketched in a brief and lucid manner. A detailed description of one occasion on which several young males were circumcised is given, and four illustrations by the author augment the text.
- HRAF PubDate
- 1998
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Western Africa
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Leslie L. Clark ; 1958
- Field Date
- 1949-1953
- Coverage Date
- not specified
- Coverage Place
- Benue State, Nigeria
- Notes
- Paul Bohannan
- LCCN
- sf80000548
- LCSH
- Tiv (African people)