Book

The Cayapa Indians of Ecuador

Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation (40) (I)Published In 1925 • Pages: Vol. I. xvi, 1-181 , plates 1-90; Vol. II viii, 183-476 , plates 91-142

By: Barrett, S. A. (Samuel Alfred).

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author, for many years anthropology curator of the Milwaukee Public Museum, did much work in North American archaeology and ethnology, as well as some work in East Africa. The material in the present work was gathered by him on an expedition for the Heye Foundation. The work is primarily a descriptive study of the Cayapa, and contains very detailed material on the economic life and material culture of the people. Descriptions are given of the ceremonial life and beliefs of the Cayapa, as well as sections devoted to kinship, government, etc. The very few bibliographical references will be found in the footnotes.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Geography
Writing
Agriculture
Leather, textiles, and fabrics
Clothing
Adornment
Processing of basic materials
Structures
Tools and appliances
Boats
Art
Individuation and mobility
Marriage
Kinship
Community
Sickness
Religious beliefs
Spirits and gods
Ecclesiastical organization
Organized ceremonial
Numeration
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Chachi
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2012
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 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
James Leary ; 1957 ; Ian Skoggard
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1908-1909
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1908-1909
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Cayapas Basin, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador
NotesAdditional notes
S. A. Barrett
Includes bibliographical references
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
26004434
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Cayapa Indians