Object Details
- Collection Creator
- Jones, James C. (James Clyde), 1944-
- See more items in
- James C. Jones collection from Bolivia
- James C. Jones collection from Bolivia / Series 1: Photographic slides taken in San Ignacio de Moxos, Beni, Bolivia
- Extent
- 36 Slides (photographs)
- Date
- 1978 October 13-14
- Container
- Box 2, Sheet 9-10
- Archival Repository
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Type
- Archival materials
- Slides
- Slides (photographs)
- Collection Citation
- Identification of specific item; Date (if known); James Jones collection from Bolivia, Item Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution
- Collection Rights
- Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.
- Scope and Contents
- Roll 18 [18.1-18.36] notes provided by James Jones. October 13- October 14, 1978 2. Chimán returns from forest with an arrowed (only wounded) chichilo monkey. Río Chince. 1978 October 13. 3. A Chimán removes his plátanos from a hole where he puts them to hasten ripening; the hole then covered with dirt. 1978 October 13. 4. Bundles of tacuara sections at Chimán house; they will be fashioned into arrow tips. Río Chince. 1978 October 13. 5. Taitaitú hung from their tree branch to attract caimán to edge of laguna where a baited hook is suspended above the water. Laguna near río Chince 1978 October 13. 6. Hook that was baited with meat of taitaitú and placed at water's edge within reach of the caimán. Laguna near río chince. 1978 October 13. 7. The caimán that took the bait of #5 and is now on the rope. Laguna near río Chince. 1978 October 13. 8. The caimán of #6 out of water after skull split by Chimán with axe to kill it- hence blood on the skull. Laguna near río Chince. 1978 October 13. 9. Different view of the caimán 1978 October 13. 10. Belly view of the caimán 1978 October 13. 11. The "oso hormiga"; one of chimanes in party struck it lightly on head with flat of machete blade while it was climbing a tree. The creature was stunned and immobilized for a few minutes only. 1978 October 13. 12. Sandy playa on río Chince. Chimanes like to settle along río at such places. To the left in the grassy area is planted sandía. 1978 October 13. 13. End views of a chimán house, that of Cecilio on río Chince. 1978 October 14. 14. House of Cecilio, though a side view. Roof is of "jatata." Río Chince. 1978 October 14. 15. A pepper bush (aji). Numerous of them, of differing strengths, are planted within arm's reach of the house and cook shack. House of Cecilio. Río Chince. 1978 October 14. 16. A chimán cook shack (shed), just to the side of main house. House is that of Cecilio, Río Chince. 1978 October 14. 17. The "condor" (as its called hereabouts in Spanish, not the true condor of the Andes), arrowed yesterday by a Chimán. Río Chince. 1978 October 14. 18. A chimán woman prepares cotton for spinning thread. A child is with her. 1978 October 14. 19. A Chimán mother and children; she prepares cotton for spinning thread. Río Chince. 1978 October 14. 20. Taitaitú shot by Cecilio, Chimán, this morning; he notes that the dog located it. Río Chince. 1978 October 14. 21. Cecilio skins the taitaitú of #19; the skin will be traded with Walter Ortíz, comerciante; the meat will be eaten. Río Chince. 1978 October 14. 22. Spindle and whorl of kind used by chimanes (and Ignaciones). Río Chince. 1978 October 14. 23. Beach houses of Cecilío, the chimán (seemingly a house for each of his two women): he lives here in dry season. He has another house behind the beach atop an eminence where he lives during rainy season. The river just to the left of the beach houses, very shallow. The green plants in the foreground are sandía. Río Chince. 1978 October 14. 24. Cecilio and his young chimán son skinning a taitaitu which Cecilio arrowed this morning nearby. Río Chince. 1978 October 14. 25. A patch of sandía sown of sandy playa along río chince by Cecilio, Chimán. 1978 October 14. 26. Shell passed as "cuchara" by chimanes. Río Chince. 1978 October 14. 27. A chimán hunting dog; there seem to be many kinds. Río Chince. 1978 October 14. 28. A tejón roasting over chimán fire. Río Chince. 1978 October 14. 29. A chimán woman. Río Chince. 1978 October 14. 30. Meat roasting over fire on "capapa" a chimán beach house of Cecilio. Río Chince. 1978 October 14. 31. Cecilio, Chimán, in his camijeta at his beach house on río Chince. 1978 October 14. 32. Chimán son of Cecilio, Río Chince. 1978 October 14. 33. A Chimán fish (weir) trap in río Chince. Poison put in water upstream to drive fish down toward trap where they then move toward banks to escape poison and are there arrowed. Río Chince. 1978 October 14. 34. A basket of loritos being raised at a chimán house. Río chince. 1978 October 14. 35. A basket of loros just hatched and being raised at a chimán house. Río Chince. 1978 October 14. 36. Side flutes at chimán house: the large flutes, says one chimán, are "chiste"; the smaller one is more commonly played. Río Chince. 1978 October 14. 37. Chimán in his camijeta de cotton (native). It's very thick and coarse and can withstand mosquito bites. Other camijetas are of purchased cloth (trensado), yet others of carocho (bark cloth). Río Chince. 1978 October 14.
- Collection Restrictions
- Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
- Record ID
- ebl-1674240600663-1674240601035-1
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