Book
Notes on the Bribri of Costa Rica
Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation • 6 (3) • Published In 1920 • Pages: 37-106
By: Skinner, Alanson.
Abstract
The author gathered the material for this monograph during a two month stay among the Bribri. His primary purpose in visiting the group was to collect examples of native handicrafts, and he did not have the opportunity to observe religious ceremonies or the manufacture of some of the material culture items. Apart from a short section on funerary customs, the source deals with housing, furniture, and the various articles made of cordage, wood, pottery, and so forth, which were aboriginal in nature. Profusely illustrated, the source constitutes a thorough inventory of Talamanca material culture. It is limited in its descriptive side, however, by the fact that many of the items of native manufacture were no longer being made by the time Skinner observed the group, so that the article on the whole represents an extinct industry.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2012
- Region
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub Region
- Central America
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- James R. Leary ; 1961
- Field Date
- 1917
- Coverage Date
- 1917
- Coverage Place
- Bribri people, Talamanca canton, Limón province, Costa Rica
- Notes
- Alanson Skinner
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- 21000854
- LCSH
- Bribri Indians