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Author: Author's name as listed in Library of Congress records
Prins, Adriaan Hendrik Johan
Title:
East African age-class system: An inquiry into the social
order of Galla, Kipsigis, and Kikuyu
Published By: Original publisher
Netherlands: J. B. Wolters. 1953. viii, 135 p.
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By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication
Adriaan Hendrik Johan Prins
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.
Gikuyu (FL10)
Subjects: Document-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Age stratification (561);
Cultural participation (184);
Puberty and initiation (881);
Form and rules of government (642);
Traditional history (173);
Accumulation of wealth (556);
Status, role, and prestige (554);
Status of adolescents (882);
Military organization (701);
Extramarital sex relations (837);
Artificial kin relationships (608);
Community councils (623);
Judicial authority (692);
Initiation of judicial proceedings (694);
Mythology (773);
Abstract: Brief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an analytical study of the Kikuyu age-class
system. The author utilizes materials from literary sources as well as oral information.
Since the age-class system among the Kikuyu is intimately connected with their
political, judicial, and ceremonial activities, readers interested in those aspects of
Kikuyu society would also find this source useful. Prins, a Hollander, studied at
London. This was his Ph. D. thesis at the University of Utrecht.
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.
fl10-006
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references Sections on the
Galla and Kipsigis, as well as theoretical sections, have been omitted
Field Date: The date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1948
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-4,5
Analyst: The HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection.
Robert Lee ; 1958
Coverage Date: The date or dates that the information in the document pertains to (often not the same as the field date).
1948-1953
Coverage Place: Location of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Kenya
LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Kikuyu (African people)
