essay
The Bacairi
Indian tribes of northern Mato Grosso, Brazil • (15) • Published In 1953 • Pages: 69-81, 114, 136
By: Oberg, Kalervo.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Culture summary
- Production and supply
- Literary texts
- Magical and mental therapy
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Spirits and gods
- Mythology
- Organized ceremonial
- 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
- essay
- 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 ; 1965
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1947
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1749-1947
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Rio Kuliseu, Mato Grosso State, Brazil
- NotesAdditional notes
- Kalervo Oberg
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 136)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 53060626
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Bakairi Indians