book chapter
The Terena and the Caduveo of Southern Mato Grosso, Brazil
United States Government Printing Office • (9) • Published In 1949 • Pages: vi, 72 , plates
By: Oberg, Kalervo.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This brief monograph outlines the changes in Terena culture resulting from contact and interaction with the Caduveo, other Indians who are culturally different from the Terena, and eventually with Brazilian culture. The changes in social structure are presented through discussion of the economy, kinship, social stratification, religion, recreational activities, and life cycles of Chaco days and present-day Terena in southern Mato Grosso, Brazil. Case histories of various individuals representing different occupational groups and intensive data on the village of Bananal are included 'in order to obtain more intimate understanding of present-day Terena.' However, there is little explanation of the sampling or other research techniques used. The author simply indicates that the present-day data is based on field work, while the data of the historical period was taken from Spanish, Portuguese, and French documents, in addition to the Handbook of South American Indians. The sections on economy and religion are more adequately covered than the other sections. This source provides a useful way to orient oneself to the culture and especially to place future research in its historical and changing context.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Life history materials
- Dwellings
- Division of labor by gender
- Normal garb
- Moieties
- Classes
- Kinship terminology
- Puberty and initiation
- Missions
- Dance
- Athletic sports
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Terena
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- South America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southern South America
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- 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
- Hesung C. Koh ; 1965: John Beierle; 2009
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1946-47
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1750-1947
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Southern Mato Grosso, Brazil
- NotesAdditional notes
- Kalervo Oberg ; prepared in cooperation with the U. S. Dept. of State as a project of the Interdepartmental Committee on Scientific and Cultural Cooperation
- Omitted from the file: pages 52-68 and plates 12-24 containing data on the Caduveo
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 69)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 49046383
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Guana Indians
- Terena Indians
- Caduveo Indians