book chapter
On the idol head of the Jivaro Indians of Ecuador: with an account of the Jivaro Indians
Transactions of the Ethnological Society of London, n.s. • 2 • Published In 1863 • Pages: 112-118
By: Bollaert, William.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Translations by Bollaert of mid-nineteenth century accounts of Jivaro history and techniques of head shrinking.
- 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.
- Government Official
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary 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
- Unknown
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1599-1861
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Peru and Equador
- NotesAdditional notes
- William Bollaert
- This document consists of excerpts
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Jivaro Indians/Shuar Indians