essay
The Bacairi
Indian tribes of northern Mato Grosso, Brazil • (15) • Published In 1953 • Pages: 69-81, 114, 136
By: Oberg, Kalervo.
Abstract
This study presents a brief but well-rounded account of the Bacairi based on the author's fieldwork among these people living on the Government Indian Post (Simão Lopes) on the Rio Paranatinga during June 1947. It should be noted that the information presented in this source, obtained primarily from informants, relates to an earlier period in Bacairi history (ca. 1907) when they lived on the Rio Kuliseu. Data presented pertain to: settlement patterns, subsistence activities, house types, furniture, language, culture history and early European contacts, population, dress and personal ornaments, organization of labor, social organization, the life cycle, puberty rites, marriage, burial, shamanism, games, ceremonialism and mythology.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2004
- Region
- South America
- Sub Region
- Amazon and Orinoco
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1965
- Field Date
- 1947
- Coverage Date
- 1749-1947
- Coverage Place
- Rio Kuliseu, Mato Grosso State, Brazil
- Notes
- Kalervo Oberg
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 136)
- LCCN
- 53060626
- LCSH
- Bakairi Indians