The Mové, also called Movere, Western Guaymi, or Ngäbere, are a
Chibchan
The Chibchan languages (also Chibchan, Chibchano) make up a language family indigenous to the Isthmo-Colombian Area, which extends from eastern Honduras to northern Colombia and includes populations of these countries as well as Nicaragua, Cos ...
(Dorasque-Guaymi) speaking people in
Panama
Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Co ...
(150,000) and
Costa Rica (4,300). This tribe, like the
Murire (Eastern Guaymi), is a division of the
Guaymi. They are further subdivided into the Valiente.
The Mové live in the rainforest as hunters and gatherers of wild plants. Among their crafts are
basket weaving
Basket weaving (also basketry or basket making) is the process of weaving or sewing pliable materials into three-dimensional artifacts, such as baskets, mats, mesh bags or even furniture. Craftspeople and artists specialized in making basket ...
and pottery.
References
*1971 Ngawbe: Tradition and Change Among the Western Guaymi of Panama. Illinois Studies in Anthropology No. 7. Urbana: U. of Illinois Press.
*1968 The Ngawbe: An Analysis of the Economy and Social Structure of the Western Guaymi of Panama. Doctoral Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Ann Arbor: University Microfilms International.
*1976 Edabali: The Ritual Sibling Relationship among the Western Guaymi (with J. R. Bort). In P. D. Young and J. Howe, eds., Ritual and Symbol in Native Central America, pp. 77–90. University of Oregon Anthropological Papers, No. 9. Eugene: University of Oregon Press.
Indigenous peoples in Costa Rica
Indigenous peoples in Panama
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