book chapter
Expedition for the exploration of the Xingu in the year 1884
F. A. Brockhaus • Leipzig • Published In 1886 • Pages:
By: Steinen, Karl von den, Schütze, Frieda.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document is a detailed travel report of the von den Steinen expedition through the Xingu area of Brazil by canoe from June through October of 1884. During these five months, the expedition visited the villages of at least four different tribes, and encountered members of a number of additional tribes. The data are presented in the format of a travel account, and include both geographical and anthropological observations, plus information gleaned from interviews. On geography, there is good coverage of climate, topography, flora and fauna. The anthropological data cover a broad range of topics from descriptive somatology to language, but few topics are treated in any depth, and the information is largely limited to those facets which could be easily observed, such as population and settlement patterns, subsistence activities, travel and transportation, material culture, and so forth. Various tribes are treated in the order in which they were encountered by the expedition. The following is a list of the tribes covered, together with page references, and the length of time spent with each tribe: Bacairi, pp. 1-63, 14 June-24 August; Custenau, pp. 64-71, 27 August; Trumani, pp. 72-80, 31 August -- group of travelers, no village seen; Suva, pp. 84-112, 3 September - 11 September; Manitsaua, pp. 100-101, 5 September -- a few captives in a Suya village; and Yuruna, pp. 116-149, ca. 21 September - ca. 11 October. Some Bacairi legends are given on pages 149-153, and there is an excellent end map showing the area traveled and the location of the tribal villages visited.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Practical preparations in conducting fieldwork
- Geography
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Settlement patterns
- Production and supply
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Bakairi
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2004
- 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 chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Physician
- 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
- Robert O. Lagacé ; 1966-1967
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1884
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1884
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Xingu River, Mato Grosso and Pará States, Brazil
- NotesAdditional notes
- Karl von den Steinen
- Translation of: [Durch Central-Brasilien. Expedition zur erforschung des Schingú im jahre 1884. Von Karl von den Steinen. Mit über 100 text- und separatbildern von Wilhelm von den Steinen, 12 separatbildern von Johannes Gehrts, einer specialkarte des Schingústroms von Otto Clauss, einer ethnographischen kartenskizze und einer übersichtskarte]
- The original German text is not included
- Translated for the HRAF files by Frieda Schütze in 1966-1967
- Only pages 98-133, 157-84, 191-215, 219-26, 235-44, 251-67, and 282-85, plates facing pages 322 and 326, and p. 367, and end map are included
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 03021397
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Bakairi Indians