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The Ona

Marginal tribesWashington, D.c.Published In 1946 • Pages: 107-125, , plates

By: Cooper, John M. (John Montgomery).

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article is a summary of Ona culture synthesizing previous materials on the subject. Brief descriptions of the following are included: environment, tribal divisions, language, population, history of investigation, subsistence activiies, shelter, dress, transportation, manufacture, social and political life, economic life, life cycle, esthetics and recreation, religion, mythology, lore and learning.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Culture summary
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Ona
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
1996
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
essay
Evaluation
Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Ethnologist
Cleric
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
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Helen Gunsher Bornstein ; John M. Beierle ; 1973
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
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)
Tierra del Fuego; South America
NotesAdditional notes
by John M. Cooper
Bibliography is not included in HRAF
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Ona Indians