URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85081787
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85081787#concept
Variants
- Lumbwa (Kenyan and Tanzanian people)
- Maa (Kenyan and Tanzanian people)
- Masai
- Masai (African people)
- Massai (African people)
Broader Terms
Narrower Terms
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Broader Concepts from Other Schemes
Maasai (African people)--Clothing 
- Masai (African people)--Costume
- Masai (African people)--Economic conditions
- Masai (African people)--Education
- Masai (African people)--Ethnic identity
- Masai (African people)--Food
- Masai (African people)--Government policy
- Masai (African people)--Government relations
- Masai (African people)--Land tenure
- Masai (African people)--Legal status, laws, etc
- Masai (African people)--Religion
- Masai (African people)--Rites and ceremonies
- Masai (African people)--Social conditions
- Masai (African people)--Social life and customs
Earlier Established Forms
- Masai
- Masai (African people)
Sources
- found: Work cat.: Spencer, P. The Maasai of Matapato : A study of ritual of rebellion, 1988.
- found: Wikipedia, Jan. 21, 2009("The Maasai are an indigenous African ethnic group of semi-nomadic people located in Kenya and northern Tanzania.")
- found: Britannica Micro.(Maasai, Masai)
- found: Handbk. ethnog.
- found: Murdock, G.P. Outline of world cultures, 1983:p. 66 (Maasai, Masai)
- found: Pearson, R. Anthro. glossary, 1985.
- found: Web. 3.
- found: Random House(Maasai; also Masai)
- found: Amer. Heritage dict.(Maasai; also Masai)
- found: Ethnologue online, Nov. 30, 2004(Maasai; language of Kenya and Tanzania; variants: Masai, Maa, Lumbwa)
LC Classification
- DT433.545.M33
- DT443.3.M37
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Change Notes
- 2004-11-30: new
- 2009-02-25: revised
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