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Author: Author's name as listed in Library of Congress records
Amborn, Hermann
Title:
Concepts in wood and stone: socio-religious monuments of the
Konso of southern Ethiopia
Published in: if part or section of a book or monograph
Zeitschrift für Ethnologie -- Bd. 127, heft 1
Published By: Original publisher
Zeitschrift für Ethnologie -- Bd. 127, heft 1
Berlin: Dietrich Reimer Verlag. 2002. 77-101 p.
ill.
By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication
Hermann Amborn
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
Human Relations Area Files, 2016. Computer File
Culture: Culture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC) with the alphanumberic OWC identifier in parenthesis.
Konso (MP17)
Subjects: Document-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Mnemonic devices (211);
Visual arts (5311);
War veterans (729);
Cult of the dead (769);
Social personality (156);
Ethos (181);
Status, role, and prestige (554);
Woodworking (322);
Abstract: Brief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The Konso are renowned for carved wood sculptures and hewn
stone stelae. Artistic elements depicted in these unique objects are described in early
accounts of Konso society. By shifting the focus to their deeper meanings and day-to-day
cultural functions as memorials of war heroes and ancestors, this article argues that these
works of art help the Konso inculcate shared values and ideal images of admired and
respected individuals.
Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents
7
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.
mp17-007
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 (p. 100-101)
Field Date: The date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1973-1974, 1980-1981, 2000
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
Anthropologist-5
Analyst: The HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection.
Teferi Abate Adem
Coverage Date: The date or dates that the information in the document pertains to (often not the same as the field date).
1931-2000
Coverage Place: Location of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Konso Special Woreda, Southern Nations,
Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, Ethiopia
LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Konso (African people)
