TY  - CHAP
AU  - Ehrenreich, Paul
AU  - Hicock, Shelton
PY  - 1891
DA  - 1891//
TI  - Contributions to the ethnography of Brazil
BT  - Veröffentlichungen aus dem Königlichen Museum für Völkerkunde
SP  - HRAF ms: 1-115 p, [original: 1-80 ]
VL  - Vol. 2
PB  - [s.n.]
CY  - Berlin
KW  - Caraja Indians
KW  - Karajá
KW  - Carajá
KW  - Location
KW  - Topography and geology
KW  - History
KW  - Acculturation and culture contact
KW  - Food quest
KW  - Normal garb
KW  - Ornament
KW  - Personal grooming
KW  - Dwellings
KW  - Settlement patterns
KW  - Weapons
KW  - Utensils
KW  - Boats
KW  - Decorative art
KW  - Representative art
KW  - Dance
KW  - Literary texts
KW  - External relations
KW  - Medical therapy
KW  - Death
KW  - Mythology
KW  - Eschatology
KW  - Reproduction
AB  - 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.
UR  - https://ehrafworldcultures.yale.edu/document?id=sp09-004
LA  - English
N1  - P.  Ehrenreich
ID  - sp09-004
Y1  - 2022-06-28
ER  -