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The Chiriguano and Izozó

Revista de la sociedad cientifica del Paraguay • 4 (3) • Published In 1938 • Pages: HRAF ms: 1-234 [Original: 1-115 ]

By: Schmidt, Max, Muirden,Sydney.

Abstract

This ethnographic monograph on the Chiriguano offers a comprehensive but not exhaustive coverage of culture and society. While there is in-depth description and analysis of Chiriguano technology and material culture, the discussion of their sociopolitical structure, religious organization, processes of ecological adaptation, and economic system is very brief. The author is a German ethnologist and expresses the viewpoint of the German-Austrian ethnohistorical and diffusionist theoretical movement. Schmidt examines and evaluates data on materials, mode of construction, and style variations of the following: transport types, house forms, ceramics, basketry, weaving, implements and weaponry, stone and wood technology, leather use, cooking, diet, clothing and ornament, etc., according to the nature of the origins, derivations, and cross-cultural relationships of the material culture inventory. The sections on material culture derive mainly from his own research in the field, those on religion, history and sociopolitical organization from both primary and secondary sources. Considerable comparative material on the Chane and the Izozo (a divison of the Chane) are also included.

HRAF PubDate

2024

Region

South America

Sub Region

Southern South America

Document Type

article

Evaluation

Creator Type

Ethnologist

Document Rating

5: Excellent Primary Data

Analyst

Gilbert Winer ; 1967-1968; Leon G. Doyon; 2023

Field Date

1935

Coverage Date

1908-1935

Coverage Place

Tarija, Chuquisaca and southwestern Santa Cruz departments, Bolivia; Boquerón Department, Paraguay

Notes

Max Schmidt

It should be noted that in the section on the cultural history and foreign relations of the Chiriguano, pp. 13-25, the author indicates that the Chiriguano are actually the same Guarani he had been discussing previously, with simply a change in name; therefore, cultural data have been marked for both files since a clear-cut distinction has not been made between them. The vocabulary for the Chiriguano of Machareti and the Izozo of the Parapiti River, pp. 92-111, is omitted in the translation, as is the list of sources on the Chiriguano and Chane and their history, pp. 111-115. These sections are provided in the foreign text.

Translation of: [Los Chiriguanos e Izozós]

Translated for the HRAF files by Sydney Muirden

LCSH

Chiriguano Indians