Book
Polychrome Guanaco cloaks of Patagonia
Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation • 7 (6) • Published In 1929 • Pages: 30 , [2] leaves of plates
By: Lothrop, S. K. (Samuel Kirkland).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article, by a professional anthropologist, deals with the construction and decoration of the skin robes worn by the Tehuelche, and contains some material on weapons and hunting. The distribution of the decorative elements is discussed with reference to other South American groups. A small amount of material is on the Ona (SH4) and Yahgan (SH6) collections.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Fauna
- Descriptive somatology
- Comparative evidence
- Prehistory
- Hunting and trapping
- Work in skins
- Cordage
- Normal garb
- Lithic industries
- Paint and dye manufacture
- Weapons
- Special tools
- External trade
- Animal transport
- Decorative art
- 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
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- 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
- James Leary ; 1958
- 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
- 1900-1929
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Argentina
- NotesAdditional notes
- by S.K. Lothrop
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 27-30)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 29017249
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of South America--Costume/ndians of South America--Patagonia (Argentina and Chile)/Tehuelche Indians