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Aspects of Tucano culture: cosmogony
Revista Colombiana de Antropología • 3 • Published In 1954 • Pages: HRAF MS: 1-54 , plates [original: 97-137 , plates]
By: Fulop, Marcos, Bravo, Mary Louise.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article presents a rather unique example of a Tucano cosmogonical tale; unique in that it incorporates into the framework of the story numerous elements of 'western civilization' including ideas and concepts definitely related to missionary influence. So skillfully are these acculturative elements woven into the tale, however, that they seem an integral part of the origin myth. Prior to the text of the story in this source, the author present a general summary of Tucano material culture. The author's work was commissioned by the Dirección of the Instituto Colombiana de Antropología, and was undertaken in the settlement of Guadalajara from June 13 to July 9, 1953.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Hunting and trapping
- Fishing
- Tillage
- Literary texts
- Ethnozoology
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tukano
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1998
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- South America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Amazon and Orinoco
- 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 ; 1969
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1953
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1954
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Guadalajara hamlet; Paca River, Vaupés region, Colombia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Marcos Fulop
- Translation of: Aspectos de la Cultura Tukana: Cosmogonía.
- The original Spanish text is not included
- Translated for the HRAF files by Mary Louise Bravo
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 56028791
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tucano Indians