Hat of the Cholones Indians. Made with feathers, silk, fibre and vegetable resin. 18th century.

The Cholones are a tribe of South American Indians in Peru, living on the left bank of the Huallaga River in the Amazon valley. The name is that given them by the Spanish. They were first met by the Franciscans, who established mission villages among them in 1676.[1]

Life

Cholones were living in the district of Tingo Maria, having their own language,[2] Tinganeses, Seeptsa, which was formerly spoken in the valley of Huallaga River from Tingo Maria to Valle.[3] In 1985 there were only one or two speakers of Tinganeses, Seeptsa.[4] Father Francisco Gutierrez of Franciscans composed a work on their language.[5] Cholones believe that carrying the poisonous tooth of a serpent is a protection against the bite of a serpent.[6]

Economy and trade

The common economic pursuits of Cholones include agriculture, hunting, and fishing. Women were engaged in cultivating cotton and weaving. For centuries, the lowland Cholones had trade relations with the highland Hibitos across the bank of the Huallaga river. Some of the important products, which were generally traded, include feather, wax, honey, stone and metal axes, coca, cotton, hardwoods and medicinal herbs.[7]

References

  1. ↑ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cholones". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 267.
  2. ↑ Raimondy, Antonio (1863). "On the Indian Tribes of the Great District of Loreto, in Northern Peru" (PDF). The Anthropological Review. 1 (1): 33–43. doi:10.2307/3024983. JSTOR 3024983. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
  3. ↑ Frawley, William J. (1 May 2003). International Encyclopedia of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 151. ISBN 978-0-195-13977-8. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  4. ↑ M, Robert (23 Sep 1999). The Amazonian Languages. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 313. ISBN 978-0-521-57021-3. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  5. ↑ Brinton, Daniel G. (22 Jul 2020). The American Race. Project Gutenberg ebook: Independently published. p. 171. ISBN 978-1-521-86453-1. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  6. ↑ George Frazer, James (26 Apr 2012). The Golden Bough. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 153. ISBN 978-0-486-42492-7. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  7. ↑ H., James Birx (15 September 2007). Encyclopedia of Anthropology, Volume 1. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications. p. 475. ISBN 978-0-761-93029-7. Retrieved 15 February 2022.


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