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Tiv / Laura Bohannan [and fifteenth others].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bohannan, Laura, author.
- Series:
- EHRAF world cultures.
- EHRAF world cultures
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civilization.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven, Conn. : Human Relations Area Files, 1997.
- Summary:
- This file consists of 25 documents that describe Tiv culture in two different periods: the 1930s and 1950s with a geographic focus on the Benue State in Nigeria. Included are a general description of 1950s Tiv culture including field notes; books on Tiv social organization, economy and markets; the judicial system; religion; Tiv genealogies; cognition; circumcision; and migration. Other subjects covered in the file are Tiv language, anthropometry, textile dyeing, medicine, song, dancing and the decorative arts, and poetry. Akiga is a translation of a life history of a Tiv.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
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