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Author: Author's name as listed in Library of Congress records
Lugg, Harry Camp
Title:
Agricultural ceremonies in Natal and Zululand
Published in: if part or section of a book or monograph
Bantu studies -- Vol. 14
Published By: Original publisher
Bantu studies -- Vol. 14
Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press. 1929.
357-383 p.
By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication
H. C. Lugg
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.
Zulu (FX20)
Subjects: Document-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Tillage (241);
Music (533);
Provinces (635);
Chief executive (643);
Military organization (701);
Cult of the dead (769);
Sacred objects and places (778);
Prayers and sacrifices (782);
Magic (789);
Organized ceremonial (796);
Abstract: Brief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article compares the observance of the First Fruit
Ceremony by the Amafunze tribe of Natal with that of the Amabaso of KwaZulu-Natal, and both
in turn with those ceremonies observed by the Zulu kings in early historic times. Most of
the informationn was obtained from two informants, Nqaka Ngcobo of the Amafunze and Mageva
Kanyile of the Amabaso who frequently assisted with these agricultural ceremonies in their
respective tribes. The historical data dealing with the observance of these ceremonies by
the Zulu kings came from an account in the Zulu language, contained in 'Uhlangakula' by
James Stuart (p. 358, ftn. 1). The author notes that the First Fruit Ceremony has three
primary functions in society: (1) to strengthen the chief or kins, (2) to strengthen the
army, and (3) the assurance of sanctified and ample crop (p. 360).
Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents
35
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.
fx20-035
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
Field Date: The date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
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
Government Official-5
Analyst: The HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection.
John Beierle ; 1979
Coverage Date: The date or dates that the information in the document pertains to (often not the same as the field date).
ca.1800-1920s
Coverage Place: Location of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Zulu (African people)
