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Ceremonies for the expulsion of illnesses among the Mataco
Journal de la Société des Américanistes, n. s. • 25 • Published In 1933 • Pages: HRAF MS: 1-12 [Original: 211-218 ], plates
By: Dijour, élisabeth, Reynolds, Priscilla.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
During the years 1932-1933 when the author was in charge of a mission to the Argentine Chaco, she was able to observe at first-hand several ceremonies for the expulsion of illness or evil spirits, both from the village itself (which she describes in the first part of this source), and for various individuals (the descriptions of the ceremonies of which occupy the remainder of the work). Additional explanatory notes are appended by the author at the end of each ceremony described above.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Mataco
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1997
- 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.
- Ethnologist
- 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 ; 1966
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1932-1933
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1932-1933
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Argentina
- NotesAdditional notes
- élisabeth Dijour
- Translation of: Les Cérémonies d'Expulsion des Maladies chez les Matako.
- The original French text is not included
- Translated from the French for the HRAF files by Priscilla Reynolds
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mataco Indians