Book
People of the Ucayali, the Shipibo and Conibo of Peru
International Museum of Cultures • Dallas, Tex. • Published In 1986 • Pages: ix, 62
By: Eakin, Lucille, Lauriault, Erwin, Boonstra, Harry.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document presents a comprehensive summary of Shipibo ethnography, encompassing data on the closely related Shetebo and Conibo people, no longer considered by most ethnologist as being separate ethnic groups. This work is a slightly updated English version of the Spanish text appearing as document number 9: Eakin in this file. The total range of time coverage in this study is from the seventeenth century up to about 1974, with a major focus on the period of the 1930s to 1974, and an ethnographic focus on the Shipibo-Conibo populations living along the Ucayali River area in Peru. Topics covered in this work deal with: subsistence patterns; the economy; arts, dress, and recreation; political and social organization; religion; medicine; and the life cycle.
- 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
- Book
- 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
- ca. 1930s-1974
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1930s-1974
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Ucayali River area, Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- Lucille Eakin, Erwin Lauriault, Harry Boonstra
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 61-62)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 86082643
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Shipibo-Conibo Indians