book chapter
San Blas: an account of the Cuna Indians of Panama ; the forbidden land : reconnaissance of upper Bayano River, R.P., in 1936 : two posthumous works
Etnologiska Studier • 15 • Published In 1947 • Pages: 186
By: McKim, Fred, Wassén, Henry.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document contains two articles written by McKim and edited posthumously by Henry Wassén. The articles are consecutively paginated. The second is McKim's diary for the period of his travel on the Upper Bayano; significant parts of this article have been included in the file. McKim was an American officer in the Canal Zone and was very interested in the Cuna Indians, with whom he was very popular. He was an acute observer and his articles are of great value to the ethnography of the Cuna.
- 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
- 1935-36
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1935-1936
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Panama
- NotesAdditional notes
- Fred McKim ; edited by Henry Wassén
- This document consists of excerpts
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- s4700077
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Cuna Indians