essay
The Caraja
Handbook of South American Indians, edited by Julian H. Steward • 3 • Published In 1948 • Pages: 179-191 , 1 text plate, 2 end plates
By: Lipkind, William.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is a summary outline of Karajá ethnography. Topics covered include the identification and location of the Karajá, culture history, population, agriculture, hunting, fishing and collecting activities, food preparation, houses and villages, dress and ornaments, manufactures (bark cloth, basketry, textile, featherwork, weapons and pottery), social and political organization, etiquette, the life cycle (child care and feeding, naming, puberty and initiation, and death), warfare, aesthetic and recreational activities (art, music and dancing), religion, and shamanism.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Tillage
- Food quest
- Food preparation
- Mats and basketry
- Ornament
- Body alterations
- Dwellings
- Settlement patterns
- Weapons
- Utensils
- Boats
- Decorative art
- Representative art
- Family
- Community structure
- Inter-community relations
- Death
- Religious denominations
- Organized ceremonial
- Reproduction
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Karajá
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2018
- 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.
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary 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
- 1937
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1888-1937
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- middle Rio Araguaia basin, central Brazil
- NotesAdditional notes
- By William Lipkind
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 46026504
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Caraja Indians