Unknown Mexico: A Record of Five Years' Exploration among the Tribes of the West

Unknown Mexico

by Carl Lumholtz

In 1903 the Norwegian ethnographer and explorer Carl Lumholtz (1851–1922) published this two-volume account of the five years he spent living among indigenous tribes in the remote mountains of north-west Mexico. Volume 2 describes his experiences among the Huichols people.

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Carl Lumholtz (1851–1922) was a Norwegian ethnographer and explorer who, soon after publishing an influential study of Australian Aborigines (also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection), spent five years researching native peoples in Mexico. This two-volume work, published in 1903, describes his expeditions to remote parts of north-west Mexico, inspired by reports about indigenous peoples who lived in cliff dwellings along mountainsides. While in the US in 1890 on a lecture tour, Lumholtz was able to raise sufficient funds for the expedition. He arrived in Mexico City that summer, and after meeting the president, Porfirio Díaz, he set off with a team of scientists for the Sierra Madre del Norte mountains in the north-west of Mexico, to find the cave-dwelling Tarahumare Indians. Volume 2 focuses mainly on the neighbouring Huichols people, their daily life, and their religious practices, including shamanism.

Table of Contents

1. Reception at San Andres; 2. Name and history of the Huichols; 3. Another excursion; 4. Trip to Bastita; 5. Votive bowls; 6. The first census of the Huichol country; 7. Our procession excites the wonderment of the Mexicans; 8. Return to the Sierra; 9. A satisfactory meeting with the principal men; 10. Practising self-control; 11. Huichol gods; 12. How to become a shaman; 13. Native authorities, civil and ecclesiastical; 14. Pablo and I separate; 15. Getting ready for the great Hikuli feast; 16. Leaving the Huichol country for the coast; 17. On the road again; 18. Archaeology versus theology; 19. Oriental rain-cloak; 20. A mound of metates; 21. Arrival in the country of the Tarascos; 22. Antiquities; 23. Paracho; 24. Tribal name of the Tarascos; 25. Zacapu; 26. Uruapan, 'The Paradise of Michoacan'; 27. In the city of Mexico again; Conclusion; Appendix; Index.

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In 1903 the Norwegian ethnographer and explorer Carl Lumholtz (1851-1922) published this two-volume account of the five years he spent living among indigenous tribes in the remote mountains of north-west Mexico. Volume 2 describes his experiences among the Huichols people.

Details ISBN1108033598 Author Carl Lumholtz Year 2011 ISBN-10 1108033598 ISBN-13 9781108033596 Format Paperback Imprint Cambridge University Press Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom Birth 1851 Death 1922 DEWEY 917.204814 Pages 566 Language English Media Book Short Title UNKNOWN MEXICO - V02 Publisher Cambridge University Press Subtitle A Record of Five Years' Exploration among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre Publication Date 2011-10-27 Illustrations 9 Plates, color; 17 Plates, black and white; 3 Maps; 205 Halftones, unspecified UK Release Date 2011-10-27 AU Release Date 2011-10-27 NZ Release Date 2011-10-27 Alternative 9781139060554 Series Number Volume 2 Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Series Cambridge Library Collection - Latin American Studies

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• Condition: New
• ISBN-13: 9781108033596
• Book Title: Unknown Mexico
• ISBN: 9781108033596
• Subject Area: Regional History
• Publication Name: Unknown Mexico: a Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Subject: Anthropology
• Publication Year: 2011
• Type: Textbook
• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• Item Height: 229mm
• Author: Carl Lumholtz
• Item Width: 32mm
• Item Weight: 820g
• Number of Pages: 566 Pages

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