book chapter

Through the wilderness of Brazil by horse, canoe and float

American Tract Society • New York • Published In 1909 • Pages:

By: Cook, William Azel.

Abstract
This account by a protestant missionary contains many interesting observations on a broad range of topics. These include topography, flora and fauna, settlement patterns, subsistence activities, especially hunting and fishing, food and eating patterns, and the use of tobacco, many aspects of material culture from clothing and ornamentation to industrial arts and dwellings, music, sexual division of labor, the status of women, and so forth. Much reference is made to 'the great hut' which is the focal point of male social life, and to the moiety system in the villages. There is also a fairly extensive discussion of religious myth and ritual with particular reference to soul beliefs, death, and funeral ceremonies. Most of Cook's data seems to have been obtained in one large village which he calls 'Tá Dáre Mano Páro,' located at the confluence of the Pogúbu and the Rio Vermelho. He also visited for some days the village of 'Kogi au Paro' some twenty miles away along the Pogúbu river. A number of smaller Bororo settlements were seen but not studied.
culture
Bororo
HRAF PubDate
1996
Region
South America
Sub Region
Eastern South America
Document Type
book chapter
Evaluation
Creator Type
Missionary
Document Rating
3: Good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent
Analyst
Robert O. Lagacé ; 1966-1967
Field Date
1901
Coverage Date
not specified
Coverage Place
Tá Dáre Mano Páro and Kogi au Paro villages, Brazil
Notes
by William Azel Cook
The description of the 'Mano race' on pp. 382-83 has been indexed for Athletic Sports (526), but there are many similarities with the funeral dance of the MARID'DO described in 1: Lévi-Strauss (pp. 22-24), which has been indexed for categories Burial Practices and Funerals (764) and Dance (535), and the two descriptions should be compared.
Only pages 351-426 and 4 accompanying plates are included
LCSH
Bororo Indians