| Included Work | Alvarsson, Jan-Åke, 1952- Mataco of the Gran Chaco. |
| Included Work | Dijour, Élisabeth. Cérémonies d'expulsion des maladies chez les Matako. English. |
| Included Work | Fock, Niels. Mataco marriage. |
| Included Work | Karsten, Rafael, 1879-1956. Indian tribes of the Argentine and Bolivian Chaco. |
| Included Work | Métraux, Alfred, 1902-1963. Myths and tales of the Matako Indians (the Gran Chaco, Argentina) |
| Included Work | Métraux, Alfred, 1902-1963. Nota etnografica sobre los indios Mataco del Gran Chaco Argentina. English. |
| Included Work | Métraux, Alfred, 1902-1963. Suicide among the Matako of the Gran Chaco. |
| Included Work | Pelleschi, Juan. Indios Matacos y su lengua. English. |
| Other author/creator | Human Relations Area Files, inc. |
| Series |
eHRAF world cultures. South America
EHRAF world cultures. South America. UNAUTHORIZED
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| Contents |
Cultural summary, Mataco / Jan-Åke Alvarsson and John Beierle -- The Mataco of the Gran Chaco / Jan-Åke Alvarsson -- Ceremonies for the expulsion of illnesses among the Mataco / Élisabeth Dijour -- Mataco marriage / Niels Fock -- Indian tribes of the Argentine and Bolivian Chaco / Rafael Karsten -- Myths and tales of the Matako Indians (the Gran Chaco, Argentina) ; Report on the ethnography of the Mataco Indians of the Argentine Gran Chaco ; Suicide among the Matako of the Gran Chaco / Alfred Métraux -- The Mataco Indians and their language / Juan Pelleschi. |
| Abstract |
The Mataco are Native Americans who live in the northern and central Gran Chaco from Bolivia to Argentina. This file consists of eight documents, two of which are translations from Spanish (Pelleschi and Métraux 1944) and one from French (Dijour). The works of Pelleschi, Métraux, and to some extent Karsten complement one another and provide an excellent background for a study of the traditional Mataco culture (relevant to the periods of the authors' fieldwork ranging from approximately 1875 to the late 1930s). Alvarsson's monograph reviews previous literature on the area, provides additional reconstructive information on the Mataco before the colonization of the area, and updates the existing ethnographic data. This document, used in conjunction with the works of Pelleschi, Métraux, and Karsten, should provide the reader with a relatively complete overview of Mataco culture and society. Other works in the file provide information on Mataco folktales, marriage customs, suicide, and curing ceremonies. |
| General note | Title from Web page (viewed Apr. 28, 2008). |
| General note | This portion of eHRAF world cultures was last updated in 1997 and is a revision and update of the microfiche file. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
