Tipai Ethnographic Notes: A Baja California Indian Community at Mid-Century

by William D.

The verdict is IN on TIPAI ETHNOGRAPHIC NOTES from SDSU More than its title promises, Tipai Ethnographic Notes is a rich compendium of information on the Tipai/Diegueno communities of northern Baja California during the late 1940s. This is keen observational anthropology at its best...Hohenthal's account touches on virtually every aspect of Tipai culture, describing it as it was. This is... a vivid account of a living culture making its way into the 20th century while holding onto ancient traditions. Tipai Ethnographic Notes deserves an honored place on the bookshelf of every California and Baja California anthropologist. --Ken Hodges, Curator of California Collections, San Diego Museum of Man Tipai Ethnographic Notes is a salvaged treasure. It is a rich trove of ethnographic details native toponyms, kin terms, ancient enmities, and traditional material culture as experienced and remembered by the Tipai, a nearly forgotten people of Baja California... this work is o

378 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 2001