book chapter
Material culture of the people of southeastern Panama, based on specimens in the United States National Museum
Govt. Print. Off. • (134) • Published In 1926 • Pages: v, 141 , plates
By: Krieger,Herbert William.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a standard work on Cuna material culture. It contains a description of specimens of Cuna artifacts in various museum collections and a compilation from source material on the technology of the peoples of southeastern Panama. No field work was done. This book must be consulted with care since the author is quite uncritical of his source material.
- 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
- Leila S. Small ; 1950-1956
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Panama
- NotesAdditional notes
- Herbert W. Krieger
- This document consists of excerpts
- Illustrations have not been included in the file
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 26027606
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Cuna Indians