Anthropos: Anthropos, 29.1934

Anthropos, 29.1934

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Titel:: Anthropos

Untertitel:: internationale Zeitschrift für Völker- u. Sprachenkunde

Weitere Titel:: Anthropos

Erscheinungsort:: Fribourg

Verlag:: Ed. St. Paul, Anthropos-Institut

Erscheinungsjahr:: 1906

Sammlung:: Zeitschriften und Zeitungen > Zeitschriften zur Ethnologie

Wissensgebiet:: Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie > Allgemeines

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Titel:: Anthropos, 29.1934

Erscheinungsjahr:: 1933

Signatur:: LA 1118-29

Sammlung:: Zeitschriften und Zeitungen > Zeitschriften zur Ethnologie

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Titel:: Bd. 29, H. 5./6., Sep. - Dec., 1934

Sammlung:: Zeitschriften und Zeitungen > Zeitschriften zur Ethnologie

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Titel:: The harpoon down-fall, and its distribution in Africa

Sonstige Person:: Lagercrantz, Sture

Sammlung:: Zeitschriften und Zeitungen > Zeitschriften zur Ethnologie

The harpoon down-fall, and its distribution in Africa. 793 The harpoon down-fall, and its distribution in Africa. By Sture Lagercrantz, Ethnographical Museum, Stockholm. Summary. 4. Constructional details of spears thrown from trees. 5. Résumé. 1. Distribution. My original intention was to draw special attention to the different methods of arranging this kind of trap. This, however, turned out to be impossible for the reason that in most cases the descriptions were too deficient. The trap we are here concerned with is mainly used for elephant and hippo potamus, but even for rhinoceros, buffalo, antelopes and crocodile. The spear employed is suspended from a tree-branch, or, if there is not a suitable one at hand, from a pole or the like fixed up horizontally between two trees in such a way that the spear, weighted with a heavy log, is placed directly above the path by which the quarry is expected to come along. Where no suitable trees are available, it will be necessary to plant an upright post on either side of the game-path, the harpoon then being suspended in the way indicated. The idea is that this is to strike the head or neck of the animal that passes below it and springs the trap, when death soon results. In cases where the spear only strikes the back (the spine expected), it will take some time until there has been sufficient loss of blood to cause the collapse of the animal. This may, however, take place only after a very protracted interval, and then eventually give rise to litigation. Of the Pygmies of the Ituri forest it is related that they got involved in sharp disputes, and even wars, when an elephant had died in some district other than that in which it had been wounded L Starting with West Africa, we find that the harpoon down-fall occurs among the Hausa 1 2 and Ankwe 3 , as well as in Porto Novo and Lagos 4 . In the latter two places it is employed for crocodiles, and as a crocodile trap it is known “surtout entre le Dahomey et Lagos” 5 . In Liberia it is occasionally 1 T. A. Barns: A trans-African Expedition. J. A. S. 1925, p. 270. 2 A. Tremearne: The Ban of the Bori. London 1914, p. 203. 3 A. Tremearne: The Tailed Headhunters of Nigeria, London 1912, p. 59. 4 A. Gruvel: L’industrie des pèches sur la còte occidentale d’Afrique. Paris 1913, p. 92. 5 A. Gruvel: Ibid., p. 94. Prof. Lindblom has drawn my attention to this work. 1. Distribution. 2. Constructional details. 3. Spears thrown from trees.

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