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Produccion de pesca y caza de una aldea Shipibo en el rio Pisquearticle 1977 • Campos, Roberta
Shipibo • South America > Amazon and Orinoco
This study, in Spanish, analyzes masculine hunting behavior among the Shipibo Indians who live along the Pisqui River in Peru. Various types of fauna are described which the author subdivides into the four categories of big game, little game, turtles...Infancy related food taboos among the Shipiboarticle 1981 • Abelove, Joan & Campos, Roberta
Shipibo • South America > Amazon and Orinoco
This study examines the topic of food taboos in its social context and the social process in which the taboos are embedded. These taboos occur during illness when native curers often prescribe that specific foods be avoided, and in infancy '…when par...