Image of Disease, Medical Practies of Nahua Indians of the Huasteca
Entry/Object ID
1978.8.3
Description
Image of Disease, Medical Practices of Nahua Indians of the Huasteca. Analysis of the means by which Nahua Indians of the southern Huasteca region in East Central Mexico cope with Disease. Link Nahua curing and disease prevention techniques with their underlying assumptions about the cause of disease, showing that their beliefs about disease etology derive from the way they think about nature, their means of production and their society. Includes illustrations and details of spirit entities and tables of major spirits.
60/Softbound/Illustrations
