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2 males sacrificing a fowl above a basin while standing on a log platform in the forest
in Rattray, Robert Sutherland, of Royal Anthropological Institute. Archives and Manuscripts; photographed by Robert Sutherland Rattray, 1881-1938 (1900) , 2 page(s)
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in Rattray, Robert Sutherland, of Royal Anthropological Institute. Archives and Manuscripts; photographed by Robert Sutherland Rattray, 1881-1938 (1900) , 2 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
1900
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Photograph
Contributor
Robert Sutherland Rattray, 1881-1938
Author / Creator
Robert Sutherland Rattray, 1881-1938
Topic / Theme
Men, Livestock, Ashanti
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3 males slitting throat of a sheep with pot for blood collecting
in Rattray, Robert Sutherland, of Royal Anthropological Institute. Archives and Manuscripts; photographed by Robert Sutherland Rattray, 1881-1938 (1900) , 2 page(s)
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in Rattray, Robert Sutherland, of Royal Anthropological Institute. Archives and Manuscripts; photographed by Robert Sutherland Rattray, 1881-1938 (1900) , 2 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
1900
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Photograph
Contributor
Robert Sutherland Rattray, 1881-1938
Author / Creator
Robert Sutherland Rattray, 1881-1938
Topic / Theme
Butchering, Sheep, Ghanaians
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3 stooks of long rushes
in Rattray, Robert Sutherland, of Royal Anthropological Institute. Archives and Manuscripts; photographed by Robert Sutherland Rattray, 1881-1938 (1900) , 2 page(s)
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in Rattray, Robert Sutherland, of Royal Anthropological Institute. Archives and Manuscripts; photographed by Robert Sutherland Rattray, 1881-1938 (1900) , 2 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
1900
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Photograph
Contributor
Robert Sutherland Rattray, 1881-1938
Author / Creator
Robert Sutherland Rattray, 1881-1938
Topic / Theme
Grains, Food crops, Ashanti
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5 males and a sheep standing before pile of pots – shrine?
in Rattray, Robert Sutherland, of Royal Anthropological Institute. Archives and Manuscripts; photographed by Robert Sutherland Rattray, 1881-1938 (1900) , 2 page(s)
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in Rattray, Robert Sutherland, of Royal Anthropological Institute. Archives and Manuscripts; photographed by Robert Sutherland Rattray, 1881-1938 (1900) , 2 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
1900
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Photograph
Contributor
Robert Sutherland Rattray, 1881-1938
Author / Creator
Robert Sutherland Rattray, 1881-1938
Topic / Theme
Men, Livestock, Ashanti
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5 people working in the fields with a tree in the background
in Rattray, Robert Sutherland, of Royal Anthropological Institute. Archives and Manuscripts; photographed by Robert Sutherland Rattray, 1881-1938 (1900) , 2 page(s)
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in Rattray, Robert Sutherland, of Royal Anthropological Institute. Archives and Manuscripts; photographed by Robert Sutherland Rattray, 1881-1938 (1900) , 2 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
1900
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Photograph
Contributor
Robert Sutherland Rattray, 1881-1938
Author / Creator
Robert Sutherland Rattray, 1881-1938
Topic / Theme
Farm work, Planting, Ashanti
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1700 Metres from the Future
directed by Ulla Rasmussen, fl. 1990 (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 1990), 1 hour 24 mins
Inhabitants of an isolated settlement called Gásadalur (on the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic) discuss the pending tunnel planned to connect them to the rest of the island. They share their outlooks concerning the future impact it will have on their present way of life and living conditions.
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directed by Ulla Rasmussen, fl. 1990 (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 1990), 1 hour 24 mins
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Inhabitants of an isolated settlement called Gásadalur (on the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic) discuss the pending tunnel planned to connect them to the rest of the island. They share their outlooks concerning the future impact it will have on their present way of life and living conditions.
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Ulla Rasmussen, fl. 1990
Author / Creator
Ulla Rasmussen, fl. 1990
Date Published / Released
1990
Publisher
Royal Anthropological Institute
Topic / Theme
Faroese, Islands, Construction, Cultural change and history, Herders, Agrarian life, Rural population, Ethnography
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1990. Used by permission of Royal Anthropological Institute. All rights reserved.
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1931: Miscellaneous Notes
in Max Gluckman Papers, of Royal Anthropological Institute. Archives and Manuscripts (Box D: Thesis, [Folder 1]) (1931) , 50 page(s)
This is a fifty-page school exercise book from the Provincial Administration, Natal. The contents include notes on economics, plus an advertisement for the seventh annual show of the Northern Zululand Native Show Society. The date on the advertisement is for June 22, 1937.
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in Max Gluckman Papers, of Royal Anthropological Institute. Archives and Manuscripts (Box D: Thesis, [Folder 1]) (1931) , 50 page(s)
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This is a fifty-page school exercise book from the Provincial Administration, Natal. The contents include notes on economics, plus an advertisement for the seventh annual show of the Northern Zululand Native Show Society. The date on the advertisement is for June 22, 1937.
Date Written / Recorded
1931
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Max Gluckman, 1911-1975
Author / Creator
Max Gluckman, 1911-1975
Topic / Theme
Agriculture, Tools, Poultry (Livestock), Diamonds, Soil conditions, Banks and banking, Credit, Economics, Zulu
Copyright Message
Material sourced from the Royal Anthropological Institute Archive. Copyright © 2016 by Royal Anthropological Institute
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The 10,000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution
written by Henry Harpending and Gregory Cochran (New York, NY: Basic Books, originally published 2009), 305 page(s)
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written by Henry Harpending and Gregory Cochran (New York, NY: Basic Books, originally published 2009), 305 page(s)
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
General reference book
Contributor
Henry Harpending, Gregory Cochran
Author / Creator
Henry Harpending, Gregory Cochran
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
Basic Books
Topic / Theme
Cultural change and history, Genetics, Evolution, Civilization
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2009 by Gregory Cochran & Henry Harpending. Reproduced by permission of Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group.
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Account of the Great Drought and Famine, 1918
in Bronislaw Malinowski Papers (LSE), of London School of Economics and Political Science. Library. Archives and Special Collections Team (Box 5: Linguistic notes and lectures, based on Trobriand Islands fieldwork, Folder 13: Texts, manuscripts) (London, England) (22 June 1918) , 2 page(s)
Date: 22.6.18. Place: Omarakana (Kiriwina). Informant: Tokuluba'kiki. Two pages contain an extended, hand-printed passage in the indigenous text of the Trobriand Islanders, with simultaneous transliteration in English and very minor annotation in red pencil. The text is an account of a major drought and famine and...
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in Bronislaw Malinowski Papers (LSE), of London School of Economics and Political Science. Library. Archives and Special Collections Team (Box 5: Linguistic notes and lectures, based on Trobriand Islands fieldwork, Folder 13: Texts, manuscripts) (London, England) (22 June 1918) , 2 page(s)
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Date: 22.6.18. Place: Omarakana (Kiriwina). Informant: Tokuluba'kiki. Two pages contain an extended, hand-printed passage in the indigenous text of the Trobriand Islanders, with simultaneous transliteration in English and very minor annotation in red pencil. The text is an account of a major drought and famine and is numbered J.244. The first page is numbered 164.
Date Written / Recorded
22 June 1918, 1918
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Bronisław Malinowski, 1884-1942
Author / Creator
Bronisław Malinowski, 1884-1942
Topic / Theme
Droughts, Famine, Trobriand Islanders
Copyright Message
Material sourced from the Bronislaw Kasper Malinowski Collection, LSE Library. Used with Permission of the LSE Library and the Bronislaw Malinowski Estate.
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Activities
in Max Gluckman Papers, of Royal Anthropological Institute. Archives and Manuscripts (Box 3: Fieldnote Files 1940, [Folder 10]) (03 April 1940) , 2 page(s)
Field note, dated April 3, 1940, from Mongu Nawala Camp. This fieldwork contains information about homestead issues like farming equipment and village life.
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in Max Gluckman Papers, of Royal Anthropological Institute. Archives and Manuscripts (Box 3: Fieldnote Files 1940, [Folder 10]) (03 April 1940) , 2 page(s)
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Field note, dated April 3, 1940, from Mongu Nawala Camp. This fieldwork contains information about homestead issues like farming equipment and village life.
Date Written / Recorded
03 April 1940, 1940
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Max Gluckman, 1911-1975
Author / Creator
Max Gluckman, 1911-1975
Topic / Theme
Domestic life, Farming, Lozi
Copyright Message
Material sourced from the Royal Anthropological Institute Archive. Copyright © 2016 by Royal Anthropological Institute
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