book chapter
Contributions to the ethnography of Brazil
Veröffentlichungen aus dem Königlichen Museum für Völkerkunde • 2 • Published In 1891 • Pages: HRAF ms: 1-115 p, [original: 1-80 ]
By: Ehrenreich, Paul, Hicock, Shelton.
Abstract
This work focusses on ethnohistory and material culture. Topics covered in greatest detail are masked dances, with particular reference to the costumes, and mythology, with translations of a number of fairly long legends. Weapons and feather ornaments are described in detail. Among the subjects given less coverage the most notable are: a short history of European contact; descriptions of the major subgroups; settlement patterns and village types; population; and subsistence patterns, including foods and food preparation. It is revealed that although hunting is relatively unimportant economically, animals and their symbolization play a significant role in Karajá social life and ideational systems.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2018
- Region
- South America
- Sub Region
- Eastern South America
- Document Type
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Robert O. Lagacé ; 1966
- Field Date
- 1888
- Coverage Date
- 1888
- Coverage Place
- middle Rio Araguaia basin, central Brazil
- Notes
- P. Ehrenreich
- Translation of: [Beiträge zur Völkerkunde Brasiliens]
- Translated for the HRAF files by Shelton Hicock
- Not processed for the Files: PArt 2, pages 49-74, Plates XIII-XV, and the explanations for these plates, all of which pertains to other cultures, and the index on pages 75-77
- LCSH
- Caraja Indians