book chapter

The Seri Indian: unfinished book manuscript; War Chief of the Seris; the pelican skin robe

Edward H. Davis and the Indians of the southwest United States and northwest Mexico • Downey, Calif. • Published In 1922 • Pages: 139-220

By: Davis, Edward H..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document

This resource is taken from the unpublished manuscripts of Edward H. Davis who visited the Seri of Tiburon Island to collect artefacts on the behalf of the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, New York. Edited for a public audience, this is an account of the daily life of a group of small Seri households including their travels and procurement of food. Davis was able to do so due to his local informant, Roberto Thomson.

SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF

Observation in research

Normal garb

Boats

Community heads

cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)

Seri

RegionThe area the document pertains to

Middle America and the Caribbean

Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region

Northern Mexico

Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs

book chapter

Evaluation

Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.

Museum Field Collector

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

John Beierle ; Sigrid Khera ; 1966-1968

Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document

1922 -1939

Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to

1922-1965

Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)

Sonora, Mexico

NotesAdditional notes

Arr. And edited by Charles Russell Quinn [and] Elena Quinn

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-220)

LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number

66001208

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Seri Indians