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The headshrinkers of Ecuador

Masterkey10Published In 1936 • Pages: 201-203

By: Dickey, Herbert Spencer.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Dr. Dickey spent the greater part of ninteen years among the Jivaro The material in this article on head-shrinking was gathered during an expedition sponsored by the Adventurer's Club of Los Angeles in 1936.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Aftermath of combat
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Jivaro
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2000
RegionThe area the document pertains to
South America
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Amazon and Orinoco
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.
Physician
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
Katherine Schlesinger ; 1950-1956
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1900-1932
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1900-1932
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Equador
NotesAdditional notes
Herbert Spencer Dickey
This document consists of excerpts
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
29009308
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Jivaro Indians/Shuar Indians