book chapter
The story of André Thevet Angoumoisin, cosmographer to the King, concerning two journeys made by him the the South and West Indies, etc.
La religion des Tupinamba, by Alfred Métraux ; Appendix II: L'Anthropophagie rituelle des Tupinamba • Paris • Published In 1928 • Pages: 239-252 [incomplete]
By: Thevet, André, Métraux, Alfred, James, Muriel.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This work, written by André Thevet, contains a rather detailed, though somewhat exaggerated account of Tupinamba ceremonial canabalism. The author's style of writing gives a rather confusing picture at times, and it is suggested that the file user read the entire text before attempting to use specific categories.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cannibalism
- Status, role, and prestige
- Secondary marriages
- Aftermath of combat
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tupinamba
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2003
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- South America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern 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.
- Geographer
- 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.
- 3: Good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- EJ ; 1971
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1555
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1555
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] André Thevet
- This document consists of excerpts
- Translation of: [Histoiré Thevet Angoumoisin, Cosmographe du Roy de deux voyages par luy aux Indes Australes et Occidentales etc., fol. 53-62v.]
- The original French text is not included
- Translated for the HRAF files by Muriel James prior to 1971
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 32019202
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tupinamba Indians