Tribal chief
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A tribal chief, chieftain, or headman is a political leader of a social group commonly described as a tribe, clan, band, or confederation of tribes. Chiefs’ authority varies widely by society and cont
A portrait, published in 1813, of a Koli tribal chief of Dahewan in Gujarat, India
Arminius, a chieftain of the Germanic Cherusci tribe who defeated three Roman legions in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.
Badge of office of Chief Gambo, Rhodesia c. 1979.
Chiefdom
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A chiefdom is a political organization of people represented or governed by a chief. Chiefdoms have been discussed, depending on their scope, as a stateless, state analogue or early state system or in
Tribal chief
…context, and in many cases depends on consensus and customary legitimacy rather than coercive power. In anthropology, terms such as tribe, chief, and chiefdom have been used in comparative models of sociopolitical organization, but the analytic use of tribe has also been widely criticized as imprecise and…
The chiefdom of Afareïtu in Moʻorea, French Polynesia, c. 1890