Book

Report of the Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pfeiffer expedition for Huichol ethnography: the Huichols: primitive artists

G.E. Stechert and CompanyNew York City • Published In 1938 • Pages: lxvi, 826

By: Zingg, Robert M. (Robert Mowry).

Abstract
This document primarily draws on information the author gathered in the field in 1934, with additional data from Carl Lumholtz, who conducted fieldwork among the Huichol from 1894 to 1897. Much of the book is devoted to discussing change and continuity in the social and religious life of the Huichol in the face of increasing contact with Spanish missionaries and the Mexican state. Specific themes include: the place of religion in household relations and community life, mythology and organized ceremonials, sacred arts and symbolic representation, spirituality and acculturation, and technology and economic life.
Subjects
Cultural identity and pride
Community structure
General character of religion
Cosmology
Mythology
Congregations
Organized ceremonial
Prayers and sacrifices
Sacred objects and places
Verbal arts
Music
Dance
Tillage
Cereal agriculture
Missions
Acculturation and culture contact
Inter-ethnic relations
Community heads
Vegetable production
Diet
Domesticated animals
Priesthood
Dwellings
Religious and educational structures
Magic
Income and demand
Division of labor by gender
culture
Huichol
HRAF PubDate
2017
Region
Middle America and the Caribbean
Sub Region
Northern Mexico
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Type
Anthropologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Teferi Abate Adem ; 2015
Field Date
1934
Coverage Date
1890-1938
Coverage Place
eastern Nayarit and northern Jalisco, Mexico
Notes
Robert Mowrey Zingg
Varient title: The Huichols: primitive artists
Includes bibliographical references (p. 795-796)
LCCN
40008113
LCSH
Huichol Indians