book chapter

In the wilderness of Brazil: report and results of the Leipzig Araguaia Expedition of 1908

R. Voigtländers Verlag • Leipzig • Published In 1911 • Pages:

By: Krause, Fritz,1881-1963, Schütze, Frieda.

Abstract

This ethnography opens with a critical review of the historical literature on the Karajá. Next, the three "tribal" subgroups are distinguished (the Karajá proper, the Javahé (Šavajé), and the Shambioá (Šambioá), indicating for each their nomenclature, location, and distribution. The Karajá proper are subdivided into North and South hordes, manifesting a degree of cultural difference. Regarding social organization, information is presented on the role of village chiefs, legal norms and sanctions, status distinctions, forms of greeting, and inter-tribal relations involving trade, warfare, and the treatment of captives. A highlight is the pattern of inter-village relations in which a visit must commence with a wrestling match between the men of the two villages. Some aspects of the life cycle are also covered, including marriage, sex, family relations, pregnancy and birth, the care, activities and status of children, and death and burial. Additional data are given on population, settlement patterns and settlement plans, the subsistence economy and food patterns, trade and exchange transactions, division of labor, technology and crafts, magic, sorcery, magical therapy, folk medicine and morbidity, and Karajá knowledge and opinions of a number of surrounding tribes.

HRAF PubDate

2018

Region

South America

Sub Region

Eastern South America

Document Type

book chapter

Evaluation

Creator Type

Ethnologist

Document Rating

5: Excellent Primary Data

Analyst

Robert O. Lagacé ; 1966

Field Date

1908

Coverage Date

1908

Coverage Place

middle Rio Araguaia basin, central Brazil

Notes

Fritz Krause

Translation of: [In den Wildnissen Brasiliens; Bericht und Ergebnisse der Leipziger Araguaya-Expedition 1908]

Translated for the HRAF files by Frieda Schütze

Not processed for the Files: description of the expedition and its travels on pages 1-170, except for Plates 7-22, and 28-35 and the text illustrations 1-2 and 4-16, which pertain to the Caraja or Tapirape; and pages 368-402 and 461-468, which deal with the Northern Cayape.

Not translated for the Files: the appendix on pages 413-460 and 469-482, and the index on pages 469-512; see category 116 for foreign text

LCCN

12001240

LCSH

Caraja Indians