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 21-December 16
- Container
- Box 2, Sheet 13-14
- 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 20 [20.1-20.36] notes provided by James Jones. October 21- December 16, 1978 2. A Chimán hunter returns after arrowing a puerco de tropa. On trail to río Chirisi. 1978 October 21. 3. The puerco de tropa of #1. 1978 October 21. 4. A chimán cuts open the puerco de topa of #1, readying it for the "chapapa" which has been made in the forest. The meat will thus be roaster, then carried to our destination (less portion that will be salted for carqui). On trail to río Chirisi. 1978 October 21. 5. A Chimán removes hide from puerco de tropa of #1. 1978 October 21. 6. Chimán crosses río Chirisi, carrying bow and arrow, meat from puerco de tropa recently killed, a sarai with his bedding, and a pet peccary belonging to Indian mujer of Walter Ortíz. 1978 October 21. 7. Young Chimán child holds "coral" (though not poisonous) snake. Río Chirisi. 1978 October 21. 8. Meat of puerco de tropa arrowed by Chimán this morning as it cooks on chapapa at Chimán house on río Chirisi. 1978 October 21. 9. A Chimán woman weaves a camijeta of native cotton on traditional loom. Río Chirisi. 1978 October 22. 10. Same as #8, though fuller view. 1978 October 22. 11. A Chimán house. Río Chirisi. 1978 October 22. 12. Side view of #8 1978 October 22. 13. Chimán porters pose casually for picture in pampa; they carry Walter Ortíz's cueros-pieles to Carmen del Cabito from the forest where we've been for more than two weeks. Near Carmen del Cabito. 1978 October 22. 14. Chimán porters of #12 1978 October 22. 15. Chimán porters of #12 1978 October 22. 16. Chimán porters of #12 approach a Trinitario ranch house about one hour's walk to west of Carmen del Cabito. 1978 October 22. 17. Cueros and Pieles (120 cueros de taitaitú, 9 pieles de lobo, 1 piel del gato montés) drying in sun at Carmen del Cabito. These belong to Walter Ortíz, comerciante. 1978 October 22. 18. Closer view of cuero de taitaitú of #16 1978 October 22. 19. Closer view of piel de lobo of #16. 1978 October 22. 20. Closer view of piel del gato montés of #16. 1978 October 22. 21. The 7 Chimán porters on morning they leave Carmen del Cabito for their forest home. They are anxious to return. 1978 October 23. 22. A Trinitaria wears a "sarai" (Chimán carryingbag) of type common among Chimanes. It will be to carry yuca, etc., she says. Carmen del Cabito. 1978 October 23. 23. A Trinitaria wears a "sarai" (Chimán carrying bag) of type common among Chimanes. It will be to carry yuca, etc., she says. Carmen del Cabito. 1978 October 23. 24. A young Trinitario lad spins thread to help his mother. This is first male I ovserve in this activity. Carmen del Cabito. 1978 October 23. 25. "El Choco," Trinitario brother of mujer of Walter Ortíz, holds campaign propaganda poster of Gral. Juan Pereda (now president of Bolivia). Carmen del Cabito. 1978 October 23. 26. Same as #24, though with different poster. 1978 October 23. 27. Chimán arrow points: from rt to left: of chunta fina, singly barbed for fish; of chunta fina, doubly barbed for monkeys and birds; of tacuara of chuna fina, for larger animals such as peccary) and puerco de tropa, tacuara fluted for clood trainage, razor edged for cutting; of gabetillo, specifically for bird. Rear shafts all of chunchío (sembrado), the windings are of native cotton thread. Carmen del Cabito. 1978 October 24. 28. Fletching and nick of Chimán arrow. Feathers of pava motún and are held to chuchío shaft by resin preparatim (colored by urneú) and plant fiber winding. Nock consists of cotton (native) thread winding to prevent splitting of shaft by string; nocks have to grooves for string. Carmen del Cabito. 1978 October 24. 29. Loading eneros de taitaitú into dugout near Carmen del Cabito for transport to San Ignacio, then by land to Trinidad. Walter Ortíz, comerciante, ascends the banks. 1978 October 24. 30. Walter Ortíz, comerciante, at stern (al tronco; bow=la punta) of dugout as we heard for Puerto San Borja, then by land to San Ignacio. Río Cabito. 1978 October 26. 31. Camera malfunctioned 32. Fruit on display at 'mercado grande," Trinidad. 1978 December 6. 33. Scene from "mercado grand," Trinidad. 1978 December 6. 34. Indian house to other side of poza in San Ignacio; not foot bridge across the water. San Ignacio de Moxos. 1978 December 8. 35. Templo-Belen complex, San Ignacatio de Moxos. 1978 December 8. 36. Maestro de capilla, Isidoro Teco, leading coro in practice session for Christmas novena music. San Ignactio de Moxos. 1978 December 16. 37. Abelino Masapaija, no. 2 man of coro, plays violin as coro practices for Christmas novena. San Ignacio de Moxos. 1978 December 16.
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- Record ID
- ebl-1674240600663-1674240601036-1
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