book chapter
Contributions to Cuna ethnography: results of an expedition to Panama and Columbia in 1947
Etnologiska Studier • 16 • Published In 1949 • Pages: 7-139
By: Wassén, Henry.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Wassén visited the San Blas in 1947, twelve years after an earlier study. The chief purpose of the field work was to collect additional material regarding the tribal history and customs.
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Kuna
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1999
- 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
- Central America
- 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.
- None
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Katherine Schlesinger ; 1950-1956
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- Feb-Sept. 1947
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1935-1947
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- San Blas, Panama
- NotesAdditional notes
- Henry Wassén
- This document consists of excerpts
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- sn94033729
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Cuna Indians