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A Visit among the Jivaro Indians
Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Erdkunde zu Berlin • 7 • Published In 1880 • Pages: 325-337
By: Reiss, W. (Wilhelm).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an account of the author's visit to the Jivaro Indians living in the vicinity of Mácas, Ecuador, during the latter part of the 19th century Although the author was not a trained anthropologist, his observations of Jivaro life would in most cases do justice to an ethnologist The data recorded pertain to culture, history, geography, house types and furniture, clothing and ornament, personal cleanliness, housekeeping, physical appearance, polygny, warfare, weapons, head shrinking and associated ceremonials, and relations with neighboring tribes The source concludes with the author's suggestions as to ways and means on inducing greater cultural receptivity to 'Western civilization' among the Jivaro.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Topography and geology
- Dwellings
- Inter-community relations
- Warfare
- Aftermath of combat
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Jivaro
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- South America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Amazon and Orinoco
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Traveler
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1966, 1968
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1850-1880
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Peru and Equador
- NotesAdditional notes
- W. Reiss
- Translation of: [Ein Besuch bei den Jivaros-Indianern]
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 18008301
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Jivaro Indians/Shuar Indians