book chapter

Information about the Siriono Indians

Zeitschrift für Ethnologie60Published In 1928 • Pages: 291-296

By: Radwan, Eduard, Coley, Kätchen.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
For many years, this was one of the most detailed accounts of the Siriono. Although it contains a brief description of their dress, utensils, and dwellings, its chief interest lies in its light on their contacts with missionaries. Although in the main, Holmberg, in his later and much more detailed study, corroborated Radwan's information, Radwan gives a few 'facts' on funeral customs not mentioned by Holmberg. Original illustrations (1-8) will be found in document 8: Radwan.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Acculturation and culture contact
Personal grooming
Dwellings
Weapons
Utensils
Burial practices and funerals
Missions
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Sirionó
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.
Traveler
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.
3: Good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Katherine SchlesingerC ; 1950-1956 ; JB 8/25/05
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1927-1928
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1927-1928
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Departments of Beni and Santa Cruz, Eastern Bolivia
NotesAdditional notes
Eduard Radwan
This document consists of excerpts Translation of: [Einiges über die Sirionos]
The original German text is not included
Translated for the HRAF files by Kätchen Coley 1950-1956
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Siriono Indians