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Report on the ethnography of the Mataco Indians of the Argentine Gran Chaco

Relaciones de la Sociedad Argentina de Antropologia4 • Published In 1944 • Pages: HRAF MS: i, 11 [original: 7-18]

By: Métraux, Alfred.

Abstract
Métraux visited the Mataco in 1939 with the intention of doing a full-scale study, but was prevented by sickness from doing so. This article is a publication of some of his field notes from this trip. Data are included on birth and infancy, abortion and infanticide, marriage, the functions of the chief, religious beliefs, the witch doctors, magic, and the belief on the reality of dreams. Métraux is a well-known French-Argentine ethnographer.
culture
Mataco
HRAF PubDate
1997
Region
South America
Sub Region
Southern South America
Document Type
article
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Timothy J. O'Leary ; 1959
Field Date
1939
Coverage Date
1939
Coverage Place
Argentina
Notes
by Alfred Métraux
Translation of: Nota Etnografia sobre los Indio Mataco del Gran Chaco.
The original Spanish text is not included
Translated from the Spanish for the HRAF files by Sydney Muirden
LCSH
Mataco Indians