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Miracle men and diviners among the Cuna Indians
Revista del Instituto de Etnología de la Universidad Nacional de Tucumán • 2 • Published In 1931 • Pages: HRAF MS: 1-15 [Original: 459-469 ]
By: Nordenskiöld, Erland, Sittler, Eileen.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a short and excellent summary of the activities and prerogatives of the various types of Cuna medicine men. The article was published shortly after Nordenskiöld's death and somewhat before his notes were collected and published (see 1:Nordenskiöld). Much of the material is given in the larger source but this short article is the best analysis of Cuna medicine men.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Magicians and diviners
- 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
- article
- 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
- Leila Small ; 1950-1956
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1927
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1927
- 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
- Erland Nordenskiöld
- Translation of: Faiseurs et Voyants chez les Indiens Cuna
- The original French text is not included
- Translated for the HRAF files by Eileen Sittler
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Cuna Indians