| Other author/creator | Wafer, Lionel, 1660?-1705? |
| Other author/creator | Chapin, Mac. |
| Other author/creator | Cullen, Dr. |
| Other author/creator | De Smidt, Leon Sylvester, 1904- |
| Other author/creator | Densmore, Frances, 1867-1957. |
| Other author/creator | Holloman, Regina E., 1931- |
| Other author/creator | Holmer, Nils Magnus, 1904-1994 |
| Other author/creator | Howe, James, 1944- |
| Other author/creator | Krieger, Herbert W. (Herbert William), 1889-1970 |
| Other author/creator | Marshall, Donald Stanley, 1919-2005. |
| Other author/creator | McKim, Fred, 1883-1946. |
| Other author/creator | Moore, Alexander. |
| Other author/creator | Nordenskiöld, Erland, 1877-1932. |
| Other author/creator | Sherzer, Joel. |
| Other author/creator | Stout, David B. (David Bond), 1913- |
| Other author/creator | Swain, Margaret Byrne, 1948- |
| Other author/creator | Tice, Karin E. (Karin Elaine), 1956- |
| Other author/creator | Ventocilla, Jorge, 1955- |
| Other author/creator | Wassén, Henry, 1908- |
| Other author/creator | Human Relations Area Files, inc. |
| Series | eHRAF world cultures. Middle America and the Caribbean EHRAF world cultures. Middle America and the Caribbean. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Contents |
Curing among the San Blas Kuna of Panama / Mac Chapin -- The Darien Indians / Edward Cullen -- Account of scientific explorations in the Isthmus of Darien in the years 1861-1865 / Lucien De Puydt -- Among the San Blas Indians of Panama / Leon Sylvester De Smidt -- Music of the Tule Indians of Panama / Frances Densmore -- Developmental change in San Blas / Regina Holloman -- Cuna chrestomathy ; Mu-igala or the way of muu / Nils Magnus Holmer -- The Kuna gathering / James Howe -- Material culture of the people of southeastern Panama, based on specimens in the United States National Museum / Herbert William Krieger -- Cuna folk / Donald Stanley Marshall -- San Blas / Fred McKim -- Lore and life / Alexander Moore -- An historical and ethnological survey of the Cuna Indians ; Cuna Indian religion ; Miracle men and diviners among the Cuna Indians ; Picture-writings and other documents by Néle, Charles Slater, Charlie Nelson and other Cuna Indians ; Picture-writings and other documents by Néle, paramount chief of the Cuna Indians and Ruben Pérez Kantule, his secretary ; The relationships between art, religion and magic among the Cuna and Choco Indians / Erland Nordenskiöld -- Kuna ways of speaking / Joel Sherzer -- San Blas Cuna acculturation ; Further notes on albinism among the San Blas Cuna, Panama / David Bond Stout -- Being Cuna and female / Margaret Byrne Swain -- Kuna crafts, gender, and the global economy / Karin E. Tice -- Cultural summary, Kuna / Karin E. Tice, Ian Skoggard, and John Beierle -- Plants and animals in the life of the Kuna / Jorge Ventocilla -- A new voyage and description of the Isthmus of America / Lionel Wafer -- Contributions to Cuna ethnography / Henry Wassén. |
| Abstract |
The Kuna file consists of twenty-seven documents, ranging in time coverage from the mid-nineteenth to the late twentieth centuries. Although based on field work in 1927, the six Nordenskiöld documents in this file provide excellent ethnographic coverage on the traditional San Blas Kuna. The remaining documents in the file cover religion, medicine and curing practices, language and speech, Kuna music, socio-cultural change, tales and myths, acculturation, the 1925 revolt, the Kuna political system, the commercialization of women's clothing (the MOLA), albinism and genetics. |
| General note | Title from Web page (viewed Apr. 28, 2008). |
| General note | This portion of eHRAF world cultures was last updated in 1998 and is a revision and update of the microfiche file. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |