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Field name | Value |
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Reference | RICHARDS/1/14 |
Library/Archive | London School of Economics and Political Science |
Title | Notes and correspondence: symbolic, ritual and medicinal uses of animals |
Author/Creator | Richards, Audrey |
Date | 1930-1934 |
Collection | RICHARDS/1: Bemba alphabetical files, A-LL. 1930-1980 |
Collection Overview | Field notes produced by Audrey Richards during her fieldwork among the Bemba in what is now known as the Northern Province of Zambia. The Bemba fieldnotes were reorganised by Audrey Richards and her research assistant Linda Hunt and were divided into two sequences. The material was collected during two periods of fieldwork, one from 1930 to 1931 and the second (after a period of writing up in England) from 1933 to 1934. Some notes were also added after a brief subsequent visit in 1957. Section one corresponds to what Linda Hunt calls 'large files' and contains secondary material such as analysis of primary fieldnotes, draft articles and lectures, and detailed data from surveys, particularly concerning nutrition, agriculture and pattern of work. The other major category of material contained in this section is notes by other authors. These contributions fall into three major groups: European anthropologists (such as Epstein) and historians (such as Roberts and Tweedie); Bemba informants - notably Paul Mushindo and his son Patrick Mumba; and two Europeans who had positions in the colonial government of Northern Rhodesia and took an interest in the native inhabitants of the country, namely Vernon Brelsford and Tommy Fox-Pitt. |
Document Type | Diary; Correspondence; Ephemera |
Theme | Farming and Agricultural Industrialisation; Food Rituals, Feasting and Religion |
Subjects | hunting agriculture feasts food tradition religion rituals |
Description | Notes by Audrey Richards and other authors, and correspondence. Includes a list of animals and their symbolic meanings; Brelsford's notes on Bemba animal medicines; correspondence from Brelsford (and Fox-Pitt) on the ritual and medicinal uses of animals among the Bemba; notes on animals of ritual significance among the Bemba and comparative material regarding animals of ritual significance among the Bisa. |
Countries | Zambia |
Names | Brelsford, Vernon; Fox-Pitt, Tommy |
Note | Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the catalogue of the London School of Economics and Political Science. Every care and attention has been paid to preserve the historic authenticity of these documents which range in date from the early sixteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century. Any terminology that may be deemed discriminatory or offensive by present-day principles may have been preserved for the historic accuracy and relevance to that particular document. |
Copyright and Source Archive | © Ursula Brooke. Material sourced from the London School of Economics and Political Science. |