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The Bororó Indians of Matto Grosso, Brazil
Smithsonian Institution • 50 • Published In 1907 • Pages: 48-62
By: Cook, William Azel.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a very short account on a visit to eight Bororo settlements. Descriptions are mainly on household, funeral ceremonies, religious beliefs, and a naming ceremony.
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Bororo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1996
- 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
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Missionary
- 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
- H. Koh ; 1968
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1901
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Brazil
- NotesAdditional notes
- by William Azel Cook
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Bororo Indians