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The relationships between art, religion and magic among the Cuna and Choco Indians

Journal de la Société des Américanistes de Paris, n.s.21Published In 1929 • Pages: HRAF MS: 1-14 [Original: 141-158 ]

By: Nordenskiöld, Erland, Lawler, Joseph P..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Although most of the material in this article is covered to a certain extent in Nordenskiöld's major posthumous work (see 1:Nordenskiöld), this article is an excellent summary of Cuna religion and art. Since Cuna religious beliefs are complex, this article is useful because of its summary and analytical character.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Representative art
General character of religion
Magic
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 ; 1951 ; 1966
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)
Panama
NotesAdditional notes
Erland Nordenskiöld
Translation of: Les Rapports entre l'Art, la Religion et la Magie les Indiens Cuna et Choco
The original French text is not included
Pages omitted from the files: 141-147 and figures 1-4 dealing with the Chocó Indians
Translated for the HRAF files by Joseph P. Lawler
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
89648639
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Cuna Indians