Book
The sacred mountain of Colombia's Kogi Indians
E.J. Brill • Leiden • Published In 1990 • Pages: ix, 38 , [48] of plates
By: Reichel-Dolmatoff, Gerardo.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book on the religious symbolism of the Kogi Indians includes an introductory text and eighty photographs. The archtypal symbol of Kogi religion is a St. Andrews cross, which owes its significance to the stabilizing cross-sticks of a loom. Weaving is considerd the eminent social act, a 'moral discipline of the highest order,' producing the 'fabric of life.' The sun itself weaves 'the great fabric of life' in the course of a year. The cross symbol permeates Kogi culture and is found in ritual gestures, tillage patterns, the lashings in house construction, geographical landmarks, and the wearing of carrying bags across the shoulders. The book also includes discussion of Kogi cosmology, conception of time and space, training of priests and coca chewing.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Recreational and non-therapeutic drugs
- Woven and other interworked fabrics
- Religious and educational structures
- Cosmology
- Priesthood
- Ideas about nature and people
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Kogi
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1997
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- South America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northwestern South America
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- 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
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 1996
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not specified
- 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)
- Sierra Nevada, Colombia
- NotesAdditional notes
- by G. Reichel-Dolmatoff
- Includes bibliographical references (p. vii-ix) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 90002138
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Kagaba Indians