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The succession of the chiefs among the Terena
Ethnologischer anzeiger • 4 (2) • Published In 1944 • Pages: HRAF ms: 1-8 [Original: 38-42 ]
By: Baldus, Herbert, Hicock, Shelton.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of the succession to chieftainship of the Terena living near Miranda in the southern part of the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso. The field work was undertaken by the author in February 1934, with the assistance of a native informant, José Correia (Kalapité or Nakilí being the native name), chief of the village of Mureira, whose family history pertinent to the office of chief and prior to his succession to chieftainship presumably provides the basis on which the author establishes his criteria for his 'order' of succession. It is interesting to note that in this 'order' of succession it is the oldest among the chief's sons and his brother's sons that inherit the office, and in the succeeding order always the oldest of the chief's eligible relatives (see, p. 6). In addition to the primary focus of this study the author also presents incidental data on such aspects of Terena ethnography as names and naming, eschatology, conception and pregnancy, marriage regulations and arrangements, and kinship terminology and relationships.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Community heads
- Kin relationships
- Kinship terminology
- Avuncular and nepotic relatives
- Informants
- 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
- 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 ; 1966-1968: John Beierle; 2009
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1934
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1934
- 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
- Herbert Baldus
- Translation of: [Die Erbfolge der Häuptlinge bei den Tereno]
- Translated for the HRAF files by Shelton Hicock in 1966-1968
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Terena Indians