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Symbolic consensus in ritual practice [microform] : an ethnography of differentiation in Pagibeti rites of passage / L. Alden Almquist

Author:
Almquist, L. Arden  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 196 leaves : maps ; 28 cm
Type:
Microforms
Place:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Date:
1985
Topic:
Birth customs  Search this
Rites and ceremonies  Search this
Call number:
mfm 2648
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_437867
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African birth : childbirth in cultural transition / Beverly Chalmers ; illustrations by Roger Titley

Author:
Chalmers, Beverly  Search this
Physical description:
xx, 140 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Africa, Southern
Date:
1990
Topic:
Chilbirth  Search this
Birth customs  Search this
Traditional medicine  Search this
Social conditions  Search this
Call number:
RG632.S6C43 1990X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_417655
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Some beliefs associated with pregnancy

Author:
Ikeme, T  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Nigeria, Eastern
Date:
1973
Topic:
Igbo pregnancy  Search this
Igbo birth  Search this
Birth customs  Search this
Folklore  Search this
Call number:
DT515 .N713
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_490944
view MS 2956 Ethnographic Data about Samoa digital asset: Finding aid

MS 2956 Ethnographic Data about Samoa

Collector:
Safford, William Edwin, 1859-1926  Search this
Author:
Rieman, George B.  Search this
Steinberger, A. B. (Albert Barnes)  Search this
Field, Isobel, 1858-1953  Search this
Extent:
250 Pages
Culture:
Polynesian  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
n.d
Scope and Contents:
Ethnographic data, principally on Samoa including: I. Samoa. geographical outline, III. History and Discovery. Arrival of missionaries. U.S. Exploring Expedition. An Episode in Samoan History, IV Regulative organization, the family, the clan, caste, division of labor, rights of property, V. Clothing, ornaments, ceremonial paraphernalia, VI. Food and its preparation, VII. Procurement of food, hunting and fishing, rearing and cultivation, VIII. Houses and villages, household utensils, pets, IX. Method of transportation, roads and bridges, canoes, X. Ornamental arts, tapa painting, wood carving, tattooing, necklace making, combs, XI. Useful arts, raw materials, mats and tapa-making, house building, canoe making, dyes, paints, perfumes and gums, XII. War and peace, XIII. Feasts and fonos, ceremonies attending birth, circumcision, tattooing, marriage, etc, Ceremonies of welcome, mortuary customs, XIV. Religion, ancient superstitions, the Taboo, Totemism, modern religion of the Samoans, Strict observance of Sunday, XV. Myths and traditions, the origin of Samoa and its people, animal myths, XVI. Grammatical structure of Polynesian languages, ceremonial language, comparative vocabularies, XVII. Amusements, games, music, XVIII. Samoa fauna, reptiles and fishes, XIX. Vocabulary of vernacular names of samoan fishes
"Papalangee, or Uncle Sam in Samoa" by G. B. Rieman, U.S. Navy (Printed, n.d. (ca. 1872)), "Report upon Samoa, or the Navigator's Islands, Made to the Secretary of State,"by A.B. Steinberger Washington, 1874, "In Samoa with Stevenson! by Isobel Osbourne Strong, from Century Magazine, March 1902.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 2956
Topic:
History -- Samoa  Search this
Music -- Samoa  Search this
Dancing -- Samoa  Search this
Games -- Samoa  Search this
Amusements -- Samoa  Search this
Samoan language  Search this
Folklore -- Samoa  Search this
Mythology -- Samoa  Search this
Superstition -- Samoa  Search this
Religion -- Samoa  Search this
Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Samoa  Search this
Marriage customs and rites -- Samoa  Search this
Circumcision -- Samoa  Search this
Birth customs -- Samoa  Search this
Weapons systems -- Samoa  Search this
War -- Samoa  Search this
Perfumes -- Samoa  Search this
Dyes and dyeing -- Samoa  Search this
Matting -- Samoa  Search this
Tattooing -- Samoa  Search this
Wood-carving -- Samoa  Search this
Tapa -- Samoa  Search this
Handicraft -- Samoa  Search this
Art -- Samoa  Search this
Canoes and canoeing -- Samoa  Search this
Agriculture -- Samoa  Search this
Canoes -- Samoan  Search this
Fishing -- Samoa  Search this
Hunting -- Samoa  Search this
Bridges -- Samoa  Search this
Roads -- Samoa  Search this
Transportation -- Samoa  Search this
Pets -- Samoa  Search this
Tools -- Samoa  Search this
Villages -- Samoa  Search this
Housing -- Samo  Search this
Subsistence -- Samoa  Search this
Food -- Samoa  Search this
Decoration and ornament -- Samoa  Search this
Clothing and dress -- Samoa  Search this
Kinship -- Samoa  Search this
Missionaries -- Samoa  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 2956, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS2956
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3313adb2d-ba50-4985-89f7-96f08020402b
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2956
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Shou dan qu tan / Jin Wennan zhu

Title:
寿诞趣谈 / 金文男著
Author:
Jin, Wennan  Search this
Physical description:
1, 4, 189 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
China
Date:
2003
Topic:
Birthdays  Search this
Birthday parties  Search this
Birth customs  Search this
Childbirth--Mythology  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Call number:
GT2430 .J55 2003
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_864665
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Rites of passage and incorporation in Bamunka, Mezam Division

Author:
Wirmum, Clare  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Cameroon
Bamunka
Date:
1993
Topic:
Rites and ceremonies  Search this
Birth customs  Search this
Children  Search this
Wives  Search this
Call number:
DT569.5 .R612 1993
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_761635
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Birth and death rituals among the Gikuyu

Author:
Mũngai, Mbũgua wa 1971-  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Kenya
Date:
2004
Topic:
Rites of passage  Search this
Kikuyu rites of passage  Search this
Birth customs  Search this
Funeral customs and rites  Search this
Death  Search this
Rites and ceremonies  Search this
Call number:
GR350 .A33 2004
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_762500
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Babies as ancestors, babies as spirits : the culture of infancy in West Africa

Author:
Gottlieb, Alma  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Côte d'Ivoire
Date:
2004
Topic:
Infants  Search this
Children, Beng  Search this
Breastfeeding  Search this
Childbirth  Search this
Birth customs  Search this
Child rearing  Search this
Beng ancestors  Search this
Call number:
GN1 .E96
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_764015
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Studies in social anthropology : essays in memory of E. E. Evans-Pritchard / by his former Oxford colleagues ; edited by J. H. M. Beattie and R. G. Lienhardt

Author:
Evans-Pritchard, E. E (Edward Evan) 1902-1973  Search this
Beattie, John  Search this
Lienhardt, R. G (R. Godfrey)  Search this
Subject:
Evans-Pritchard, E. E (Edward Evan) 1902-1973  Search this
Physical description:
x, 394 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1975
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Call number:
GN303 .S88X
GN303.S88X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_84797
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La naissance et la mort en Afrique : le cas des Bamiléké du Cameroun / Jean-Marie Tchegho

Author:
Tchegho, Jean-Marie  Search this
Physical description:
135 p. : ill. ; 20 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Cameroon
Date:
2002
Topic:
Social life and customs  Search this
Rites and ceremonies  Search this
Funeral customs and rites  Search this
Birth customs  Search this
Initiation rites  Search this
Death--Social aspects  Search this
Bamileke (African people)--Death  Search this
Call number:
DT571.B34 T34 2002
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_773254
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Birth customs

Author:
Basden, George Thomas 1873-1944  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Nigeria, Eastern
Date:
1966
Topic:
Birth customs  Search this
Women, Igbo  Search this
Children, Igbo  Search this
Igbo births  Search this
Igbo circumcision  Search this
Call number:
DT515 .B29 1966n
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_752430
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Folk practices in north Mexico; birth customs, folk medicine, and spiritualism in the Laguna Zone [by] Isabel Kelly

Author:
Kelly, Isabel T (Isabel Truesdell) 1906-  Search this
Physical description:
ix, 166 p. 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Mexico
Laguna (Region)
Date:
1965
[1965]
Topic:
Traditional medicine  Search this
Call number:
R467.L1 K29
R467.L1K29
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_31996
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Generations : a universal family album / edited by Anna R. Cohn and Lucinda A. Leach ; introductions by Sheila Kitzinger

Author:
Cohn, Anna R. 1950-  Search this
Leach, Lucinda A. 1955-  Search this
Kitzinger, Sheila  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service  Search this
Physical description:
320 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1987
C1987
Topic:
Birth customs  Search this
Childbirth  Search this
Children  Search this
Newborn infants  Search this
Call number:
GT2460 .G46 1987X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_331535
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Writing African women's history with male sources: possibilities and limitations

Author:
Schler, Lynn  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Cameroon
Date:
2004
Topic:
Childbirth  Search this
Birth customs  Search this
Call number:
DT19 .H673
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_778096
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The art and ritual of childbirth in Renaissance Italy / Jacqueline Marie Musacchio

Author:
Musacchio, Jacqueline Marie 1967-  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 212 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Italy
Date:
1999
C1999
Middle Ages, 500-1500
Topic:
Birth customs--History  Search this
Childbirth--History  Search this
Women--History  Search this
Renaissance  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_767098
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Birth and initiation

Author:
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Africa
Date:
1999
Topic:
Rites and ceremonies  Search this
Initiation rites  Search this
Birth customs  Search this
Children  Search this
Circumcision  Search this
Childhood  Search this
Call number:
GN645 .B4 1999X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_758495
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Naming and initiation rites in the Western Grassfields : the Fulani case / Sali Django and Paul N. Mzeka

Author:
Django, Sali  Search this
Mzeka, N. Paul  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Cameroon
Date:
1993
Topic:
Rites and ceremonies  Search this
Birth customs--Cameroon Grassfields  Search this
Names, Fula  Search this
Children, Fula  Search this
Adamawa Fulbe  Search this
Call number:
DT569.5 .R612 1993
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_753939
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Rituals of initiation of the Western Grassfields of Cameroon : the Nso' case

Author:
Mzeka, N. Paul  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Cameroon
Cameroon Grassfields
Date:
1993
Topic:
Rites and ceremonies  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Names, Nso  Search this
Children, Nso  Search this
Birth customs  Search this
Initiation rites  Search this
Puberty rites  Search this
Nso initiation  Search this
Naming ceremonies  Search this
Rites of passage  Search this
Call number:
DT569.5 .R612 1993
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_830408
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Red medicine : traditional indigenous rites of birthing and healing / Patrisia Gonzales

Author:
Gonzales, Patrisia  Search this
Physical description:
xxv, 273 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
North America
Mexico
Date:
2012
C2012
Topic:
Rites and ceremonies  Search this
Traditional medicine  Search this
Birth customs  Search this
Healing  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1000363
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Labor among primitive peoples. Showing the development of the obstetric science of to-day, from the natural and instinctive customs of all races, civilized and savage, past and present. By Geo. J. Engelmann ..

Author:
Engelmann, George J (George Julius) 1847-1903  Search this
Physical description:
xix, 227 p. front., illus. 23 cm
Type:
Cross-cultural studies
Date:
1883
Topic:
Childbirth  Search this
Childbirth--Folklore--Cross-cultural studies  Search this
Birth customs--Cross-cultural studies  Search this
Labor (Obstetrics)--Cross-cultural studies  Search this
Obstetrics--History  Search this
Call number:
GN477.8 .E6
RG511.E57X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_343460

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