Object Details
- Collection Creator
- Jones, James C. (James Clyde), 1944-
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- 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
- 1977 November 8-December 24
- Container
- Box 1, Sheet 3-4
- 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 2 [2.1-2.36] notes provided by James Jones. November 08- December 24, 1977 2. Daniel Yuco holding a cow's head that Pablo, his brother-in-law, bought from slaughterhouse. The family can olny afford offal (menndos). San Ignacio de Moxos. 1977 November 8. 3. Felipe Apace and grandson carving cow's head for what little meat available to make Charqui (Ch'arki). San Ignaio de Moxos. 1977 November 8. 4. Juan Muñuni and family in a canoe on their way to a garden site. The poles used for punting in shallow water. San Ignacio de Moxos. 1977 November 8. 5. "Cuervos" on the water. Sometimes 150 or so will gather on the water. San Ignacio de Moxos. 1977 November 8. 6. "Cuervos" perched in tree above edge of water of Laguna Isidere. San Ignacio de Moxos. 1977 November 8. 7. A stretch of arroyo dug by residents of area where David Yuco's chaco located. It connects with a zanja built by the ancients. San Ignacio de Moxos. 1977 November 8. 8. A zonja dug by the ancients now used by local farmers for transport in San Ignacio de Moxos. 1977 November 8. 9. A small Yoperojobobo (fer-de-lance) caught entering the house of Daniel Yuco in San Ignacio de Moxos. 1977 November 10. 10. Squeezing cana stolls in the "mordazz." A wooden tray placed at the bottom to catch the juice. Force provided by Daniel ridind the wooden bar vertically. We drink "caldo de cana" 1977 November 14. 11. Kitchen at farm house of Daniel Yuco. Josefina, his "mujer" (they are unmarried) shells corn to the right and a child plays by his side. Near San Ignacio de Moxos. 1977 November 15. 12. Son of dona Josefina, "mujer" of Daniel Yuco, eats a papaya. Chaco of Daniel Yuco near San Ignacio de Moxos. 1977 November 15. 13. A depression in garden made on high ground. Such depressions are very common even on high ground. Chaco of Daniel Yuco near San Ignacio de Moxos. 1977 November 15. 14. Forest to rear at right is "barbecho" and to the left is Monte Virgen. Chaco of Daniel Yuco near San Ignacio de Moxos. 1977 November 15. 15. Daniel Yuco and Roman Apace daubing mud into a containing lattice of tacuara palm. Chaco of Daniel Yuco near San Ignacio de Moxos. 1977 November 16. 16. Son of Juan Muñuni holding two plátano shoots that he will plant each in a hole about one foot deep. Chaco near San Ignacio de Moxos. 1977 November 16. 17. Felled garden area of Juan Muñuni. Juan's house is built on the center of the clearing on a rise. Workers in the field, all family members, sowing rice. Chaco near San Ignacio de Moxos. 1977 November 16. 18. Wife and daughter of Juan Muñuni. The raised wooden grinding bowl is a tacú, the wooden pestle a manatacú. Chaco near San Ignacio de Moxos. 1977 November 16. 19. Pablo [last name?] weaving a blanket of motacú palm leaf. Chaco of Daniel Yuco near San Ignacio de Moxos. 1977 November 19. 20. Snake trying to kill as frog as the frog tries to escape. Chaco of Daniel Yuca near San Ignacio de Moxos. 1977 November 19. 21. Snake trying to kill as frog as the frog tries to escape. Chaco of Daniel Yuca near San Ignacio de Moxos. 1977 November 19. 22. The Manguarí, a white water fowl with a large wing span. Laguna Isidere near San Ignacio de Moxo. 1977 November 19. 23. Area of local cemetery where "ricos" buried. San Ignacio de Moxos. 1977 December 20. 24. Barracks in San Ignacio de Moxos. The few troops stationed there are from the Navy. 1977 December 21. 25. Miriam, standing with her bolson and mazorcas (cobs) de chocolate. She was harvesting at the plantation of Ignacio (Ignacito) Rivero. San Ignacio de Moxos. 1977 December 21. 26. A mature mazorca (cob) de chocolate growing from a branch. They are harvested with a long pole. San Ignacio de Moxos. 1977 December 21. 27. Chocolatol (cacao plant) of Ignacito Rivero. It is kept clean so it will fruit with more abundance. 1977 December 21. 28. Area cleared and converted to potreros by Marciel Ruíz. He rents the potreros after selling the rice and corn harvests. On road near San Ignacio de Moxos. 1977 December 21. 29. Christmas motif of Mary and Joseph. Church of San Ignacio in San Ignacio de Moxos. 1977 December 22. 30. Herure (Jerure), a dance group gathered in the Belén before parading around the plaza to announce the beginning of the fiesta season (Christmas). Herure also refers to the short bajón, or pan pipes. San Inganio de Moxos. 1977 December 23. 31. Herure (Jerure), a dance group gathered in the Belén before parading around the plaza to announce the beginning of the fiesta season (Christmas). Herure also refers to the short bajón, or pan pipes. San Inganio de Moxos. 1977 December 23. 32. Herure (Jerure), a dance group gathered in the Belén before parading around the plaza to announce the beginning of the fiesta season (Christmas). Herure also refers to the short bajón, or pan pipes. San Inganio de Moxos. 1977 December 23. 33. The alter in the Belén (social club), Statue of San Ignacioto on the left. San Ignacio de Moxos. 1977 December 23. 34. Herure (Jerure), a dance group gathered in the Belén before parading around the plaza to announce the beginning of the fiesta season (Christmas). Herure also refers to the short bajón, or pan pipes. San Inganio de Moxos. 1977 December 23. 35. The plaza in San Ignacio de Moxos. 1977 December 24. 36. The Belén, social club of the Moxo people. Used for Indigenous gatherings and ceremonies. San Ignacio de Moxos. 1977 December 24. 37. House of Ignacio (Ignacito) Rivero's family. Miriam is standing in the door. This was where James Jones stayed during his time in San Ignacio de Moxos. 1977 December 24.
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- 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-1674240600663-1674240601027-0
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