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On the races of Patagonia
Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland • 1 • Published In 1872 • Pages: 193-207
By: Musters, George Chaworth.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article is a traveler's account of the Tehuelche, and includes a summary of the various aspects of their culture as observed by the author. Very brief cultural summaries are given for the Araucanians (SG4) and Puelche (SI10). For a fuller account of the author's travels see 2: Musters, this file.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Location
- Topography and geology
- Fauna
- Descriptive somatology
- Normal garb
- Ornament
- Personal grooming
- Dwellings
- Locomotion
- Athletic sports
- Regulation of marriage
- Mode of marriage
- Arranging a marriage
- Nuptials
- Polygamy
- Burial practices and funerals
- Mourning
- Spirits and gods
- Luck and chance
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Revelation and divination
- Magicians and diviners
- Ethnozoology
- Childbirth
- Ethnozoology
- Puberty and initiation
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tehuelche
- 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
- Southern South America
- 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.
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- James Leary ; 1958
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1869-1870
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1869-1870
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Argentina
- NotesAdditional notes
- By George Chaworth Musters
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tehuelche Indians