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Los indios Shipibo del rio Ucayali
Revista del Museo Nacional • 24 • Published In 1955 • Pages: 154-173
By: Karsten, Rafael.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study, in Spanish, describes several aspects of the ethnography of the Shipibo living in the Rio Ucayali area of Peru. Much of the ethnographic focus is on the towns of Yarinacocha and Roboya and on the ceremonies associated with the girl's puberty rites in preparation for marriage. In the context of the puberty rites, Karsten presents detailed information on female circumcision practices. Additional data include descriptions of marriage customs, food restrictions, the use of medicines, alcohol, and narcotics, animal and plant spirits, childbirth, shamanism and sorcery, magical protective ceremonies, and death.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Recreational and non-therapeutic drugs
- Body alterations
- Sorcery
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Magic
- Puberty and initiation
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Shipibo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- 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.
- Ethnologist
- 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 ; 2001
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1952 (two months)
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900-1952
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Towns of Yarinacocha and Roboya, Rio Ucayali area, Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- Rafael Karsten
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 38019535
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Shipibo-Conibo Indians