Wings in the desert : a folk ornithology of the northern Pimans, Amadeo M. Rea ; linguistic consultant, Culver Cassa ; bird sketches by Allan Brooks ... [et al.]

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Wings in the desert : a folk ornithology of the northern Pimans, Amadeo M. Rea ; linguistic consultant, Culver Cassa ; bird sketches by Allan Brooks ... [et al.]

Title remainder

a folk ornithology of the northern Pimans

Statement of responsibility

Amadeo M. Rea ; linguistic consultant, Culver Cassa ; bird sketches by Allan Brooks ... [et al.]

Instantiates

• Wings in the desert : a folk ornithology of the northern Pimans

Publication

• Tucson, University of Arizona Press, c2007

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-276) and index

Contents

Introduction -- Northern Pimans and their environment -- Native consultants -- Documentary sources -- An overview of avian folk taxonomy -- Birds, guardians, shamans, and healers -- Bird keeping and rearing -- Feather use -- Hunting and trapping, game preparation and cooking -- Plan of the folk generics (biological species accounts) -- Species accounts

Control code

122261589

Dimensions

32 cm

Extent

xxi, 293 p.

Isbn

9780816524594

Isbn Type

(hardcover : alk. paper)

Lccn

2007011435

Other physical details

ill., maps

Record ID

.b22704851

System control number

(OCoLC)122261589