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Aymara biologicals and other medicines

Journal of American folklore • • Published In 1951 • Pages: 171-178

By: La Barre, Weston.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document

La Barre lists various animal and mineral remedies used by the Aymara, and also their applications. Some material on sorcery is contained in the paper.

SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF

Sorcery

Medical therapy

cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)

Aymara

HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document

1995

RegionThe area the document pertains to

South America

Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region

Central Andes

Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs

article

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

Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document

1937-1938

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)

Peru, Bolivia

NotesAdditional notes

Weston La Barre

Includes bibliography

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Aymara Indians