book chapter
The Bacairi
Ensaios e estudos : crítica e história • Rio De Janeiro • Published In 1938 • Pages: HRAF ms: 1-52 [original: 217-274 ]
By: Abreu, João Capistrano de, Brunel, Ariane.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is primarily an account on the language of the Bacairi Indians with a good amount of sample words and texts. It also contains a discussion of the mythology and religion of these Indians.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Reviews and critiques
- Vocabulary
- Grammar
- Phonology
- Music
- Literary texts
- Animism
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Eschatology
- Spirits and gods
- 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 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
- Sigrid Khera ; 1968-1969
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca. 1892
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1882-1888
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Mato Grosso State, Brazil
- NotesAdditional notes
- João Capistrano de Abreu
- Translation of: [Os Bacaeris]
- The original Portuguese text is not included
- Translated for the HRAF files by A. Brunel in 1968-1969
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 429649
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Bakairi Indians