Book
An account of the Abipones, an equestrian people of Paraguay: volume 2
John Murray • London • Published In 1822 • Pages:
By: Dobrizhoffer, Martin.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The material contained in this source was compiled by the author during the eighteen years he spent in South America as a Jesuit missionary during the years 1749-1767. Dobrizhoffer spent seven years of this period in residence among the Abipon and had ample time to observe their customs and traditions, which he later set down and published in 1784, after his return to Europe, as 'An Account of the Abipones, An Equestrian People of Paraguay' (three volumes). This source, volume 2 of the three volume set, deals primarily with the ethnography of the Abipon people, their territory, origins, physical appearance and characteristics, religion, tribal divisions, chiefs or captains (caciques), food, clothing, language, marriage customs, games, diseases, chamans (jugglers), death and mortuary customs, fauna and warfare. A great deal of information is given in this source on language, diseases, fauna and warfare. Volumes 1 and 3 were not processed because they deal with Spanish colonization and unspecified native groups. Volume 1 deals primarily with the geography and natural resources of the area, while volume 3 covers colonization and relations between the Spanish and the natives.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Fauna
- Medical therapy
- Warfare
- Morbidity
- Normal garb
- Diet
- Body alterations
- Spirits and gods
- Descriptive somatology
- Nuptials
- Domesticated animals
- Community heads
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Abipón
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- 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.
- Missionary
- 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
- John Beierle ; 1960: John Beierle; 2009
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1749-1767
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1749-1767
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Grand Chaco Region, Paraguay and Argentina, South America
- NotesAdditional notes
- Martin Dobrizhoffer
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Abipon Indians
- Paraguay--Description and travel--Early works to 1800