Book

An unknown people in an unknown land: an account of the life and customs of the Lengua Indians of the Paraguayan Chaco, with adventures and experiences during twenty years' pioneering and exploration amongst them

Seeley and Co. LimitedLondon • Published In 1911 • Pages:

By: Grubb, W. Barbrooke (Wilfred Barbrooke), Jones, H. T. Morrey (Humphrey Tudor Morrey), ed..

Abstract
This early monograph is part ethnography and part autobiography. It covers material culture, settlement patterns, subsistence, and religion, as well as harrowing traveler anecdotes. Although the author seems biased against local beliefs and practices, he is sympathetic to their general condition and character. Grubb was in the field before Hawtrey, who published his account a decade earlier, and it is unclear who may have borrowed from whom.
Subjects
Observation in research
Topography and geology
Fauna
Flora
Acculturation and culture contact
Fowling
Hunting and trapping
Fishing
Work in skins
Normal garb
Ornament
Settlement patterns
Utensils
Travel
Visual arts
Visiting and hospitality
Ethics
External relations
Nonfulfillment of obligations
Warfare
Sorcery
Shamans and psychotherapists
Burial practices and funerals
Mythology
Eschatology
Spirits and gods
Revelation and divination
Magic
Ethnopsychology
culture
Enxet and Enlhet
Region
South America
Sub Region
Southern South America
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Type
Missionary
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Ian Skoggard; 2018
Field Date
1889-1906
Coverage Date
1889-1909
Coverage Place
Presidente Hayes, Paraguay
Notes
By W. Barbrooke Grubb, edited by H. T. Morrey Jones
LCCN
44014130
LCSH
Lengua Indians
Chaco Boreal (Paraguay and Bolivia)