Publication Information The main body of the Publication Information page contains all the metadata that HRAF holds for that document.
Author: Author's name as listed in Library of Congress records
Ames, David W.
Title:
The dual function of the 'Little People' of the forest in the
lives of the Wolof
Published in: if part or section of a book or monograph
Journal of American folklore -- Vol. 71
Published By: Original publisher
Journal of American folklore -- Vol. 71
Boston ; New York: published for the American Folk-lore
Society by Houghton Mifflin and Co.. 1958. 23-26 p.
By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication
David W. Ames
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
Human Relations Area Files, 1999. Computer File
Culture: Culture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC) with the alphanumberic OWC identifier in parenthesis.
Wolof (MS30)
Subjects: Document-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Spirits and gods (776);
Magic (789);
Hunting and trapping (224);
Abstract: Brief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The rascally but delightful dwarflike forest creatures of
the Wolof folk tales are mischievous to children and drunken adults; however, with the help
of magical formulas, they perform useful services to hunters. Thus they betray their roles
as shepherds of wild animals.
Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents
10
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.
ms30-010
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
1950-1951
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
Ethnologist-5
Analyst: The HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection.
Robert Lee ; 1959
Coverage Date: The date or dates that the information in the document pertains to (often not the same as the field date).
1950-1951
Coverage Place: Location of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
West Africa
LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Wolof (African people)
