book chapter
The Chiriguano
Ethnographical research work during the Swedish Chaco-Cordillera-Expedition 1901-1902 • Stockholm • Published In 1924 • Pages: 187-225, 269-275
By: Rosen, Eric von.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a succinct account of material culture as recorded during a brief stay among the Chiriguano. Topics touched upon include anthropometry, dwellings, household furnishings, clothing, personal grooming, ornaments, weapons, fishing, pottery making, alcoholic beverages, musical instruments, marriage, and death and burial.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Knots and lashings
- Ornament
- Ceramic technology
- Dwellings
- Weapons
- Decorative art
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Chiriguano
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2024
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- South America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southern South America
- 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.
- 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
- John Beierle ; 1965-1968; Leon G. Doyon; 2023
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1901-1902
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1901-1902
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- central Tarija Department, Bolivia
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Count Eric von Rosen
- Only pages 187-225, and 269-275 (the bibliography) have been processed for this file
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-275)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- ucl 31012333
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Chiriguano Indians