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ocm25360788 |
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OCoLC |
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20240726110907.0 |
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91057924 |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780805019926 |
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AU@ |
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000010131008 |
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DEBBG |
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BV008262772 |
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(OCoLC)25360788 |
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PMC |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
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rda |
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PMC |
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| 043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
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f-ke--- |
| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) |
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| Holding library |
SBI |
| 050 04 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
DT433.P338.S263 1992 |
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| Classification number |
DT433 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Pavitt, Nigel. |
| Relator term |
Author |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Samburu / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Nigel Pavitt ; foreword by Wilfred Thesiger. |
| Medium |
[print] |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
first American edition. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
H. Holt, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
(c)1992. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
223 pages : |
| Other physical details |
color illustrations, color map ; |
| Dimensions |
31 cm |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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| Content type term |
text |
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txt |
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rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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| Media type term |
unmediated |
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n |
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rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
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volume |
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nc |
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rdacarrier |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
"A John Macrae book." |
| 505 00 - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
The land and the people -- |
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The family -- |
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Initiation -- |
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The Lmuget ceremonies -- |
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The Moran -- |
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Girls and marriage -- |
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The elders. |
| 520 1# - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
"East Africa affects the imagination like few other places on earth." "Just north of the Equator, where the Great Rift Valley provides some of the most spectacular scenery in Kenya, lies Samburuland. Isolated and inhospitable, subject to a fierce climate, it is home to a race of proud, tough, semi-nomadic pastoralists. The Samburu, akin to the more visible and better-known Maasai to the south, are traditionalists in a world of change. The rule of the elders, the guidance of an astrologer/sage, the force of custom and--as a last resort--the power of a curse maintain law and order within the tribe." "As the legendary explorer (and long-time Samburuland resident) Wilfred Thesiger puts it in the Introduction: "Even today Samburuland is a remote area, as yet spared the impact of mass tourism, such as occurs on the coast and in the Masai Mara. Conservative by nature, the Samburu still cherish and retain the customs and ceremonies of their ancestors, unlike most tribes in Kenya who today have largely abandoned theirs." Mr. Thesiger continues: "Much has been written about the Maasai, but almost nothing about the Samburu. Now fortunately we have Nigel Pavitt's book, which deals with their environment and every aspect of their lives. No other book about them has previously been published which combines meticulous and hitherto unrecorded accounts of fascinating customs and ceremonies, with such exceptional illustrations." ""I was present when new age-sets [initiation rites that separate boys from warriors, warriors from elders] were introduced in 1960, in 1976 and in 1990.... As a result I began to understand the importance to them of these rituals and ceremonies.... Until I read Nigel Pavitt's book, I had assumed that I was familiar, from personal observation, with the details of these initiation ceremonies; only then did I realize how much I had overlooked, and these are only some of the ceremonies with which he deals."" "On his final visit to Lesepen, the tribe's sage and astrologer, the author is told that if the customs are not rigorously preserved, in a few years "a child will have a gun instead of a spear." Then traditional Samburu life will disappear as utterly as the Bedu vanished from Arabia or the Plains Indians from North America."--BOOK JACKET. |
| 530 ## - COPYRIGHT INFORMATION: |
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| COPYRIGHT INFORMATION |
COPYRIGHT NOT covered - Click this link to request copyright permission: |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Samburu (African people) |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Samburu (African people) |
| Form subdivision |
Pictorial works. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Library of Congress Classification |
| Koha item type |
Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) |
| Classification part |
DT |
| PUBLICATION YEAR |
1992 |
| 948 ## - LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC); SERIES PART DESIGNATOR (RLIN) |
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| h (OCLC) |
HELD BY SBI - 173 OTHER HOLDINGS |
| 902 ## - LOCAL DATA ELEMENT B, LDB (RLIN) |
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1 |
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Cynthia Snell |
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1 |
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Cynthia Snell |