Book
Sanapia, Comanche medicine woman
Holt, Rinehart and Winston • New York • Published In 1972 • Pages:
By: Jones, David E..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book is an 'ethnographic portrait' of a Comanche Eagle doctor, or medicine woman. The book 'attempts to describe every aspect of Sanapia's role, including detailed accounts of her ritual behavior, her attitude toward her profession, the paraphernalia she employs, and her function in Comanche society' (p. ix). The book includes a brief history of the Comanche, a short biography of Sanapia, emphasizing her training, the contents of her medical kit and the collection and preparation of the botanical items, ghosts and ghost sickness, witchcraft and the conceptualization of illness, and a conclusion discussing her role in a changing Comanche society. Jones' discussion of ghost sickness and its relation to acculturation and Comanche identity problems is especially interesting.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Medical personnel
- Sickness
- Life history materials
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Comanche
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Plains and Plateau
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Martin Malone ; 1979
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1967-1970
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1895-1972
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Lawton area, southwestern Oklahoma, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- David E. Jones
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-107)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 73179548
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Comanche Indians