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CONSUL-GENERAL AXEL JOHNSON, of Stockholm, managing director of the Johnson Line to South America, supports in every way Swedish exploration of that continent, recognising the advantages which are sure to result from purposely conducted commercial and scientific interchange between the peoples of the respective countries. In other words, systematically gained knowledge will benefit trade. Mr. Erland Nordenskiöld is by no means the first Swedish pioneer. The first volume comprises a sifting of the present economic conditions of two still primitive tribes, the Choroti and Ashluslay of the Gran Chaco. The second volume deals in a similar way with the Chiriguans of the great Guarani group, and with the Guaranised Arawaks, both on the border between Bolivia iand Argentina. Many other tribes had also to be considered as the many implements, customs, games, etc., have been traced, sometimes all over the continent, their distribution being well shown by sixty maps. The more sporadic a certain tool, the older it is, and its discontinuous occurrence is generally caused by whole tribes having died out.
An Ethno-geographical Analysis of the Material Culture of Two Indian Tribes in the Gran Chaco.
By Erland Nordenskiöld. Pp. xi + 295. The Changes in the Material Culture of Two Indian Tribes under the Influence of New Surroundings. By Erland Nordenskiöld. Pp. xvi + 245. (Comparative Ethnographical Studies, Nos. 1 and 2.) (London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, n.d.) Price 20s. net two vols.
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An Ethno-geographical Analysis of the Material Culture of Two Indian Tribes in the Gran Chaco . Nature 106, 370 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/106370a0
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