book chapter
Through the wildernesses of Brazil by horse, canoe and float
American Tract Society • New York • Published In 1909 • Pages:
By: Cook, William Azel.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source provides information on the natural environment in a travelogue style. It is noted how caution is required in approaching Karajá settlements so as not to be mistaken for an enemy raiding party. Although not clearly indicated, most observations on Karajá culture likely were taken from an existing ethnography (Ehrenreich 1891), and cover such topics as ornamentation, subsistence economy, food patterns, aspects of marriage and family relations, variations in the degree of acculturation among the major tribal subdivisions, the role of the village chief, funeral rites, and myth and ritual, including a description of the masked dance ceremonies.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Topography and geology
- Fauna
- Flora
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Food quest
- Domesticated animals
- Food preparation
- Woven and other interworked fabrics
- Normal garb
- Ornament
- Boats
- Athletic sports
- Dance
- Marriage
- Behavior toward non-relatives
- Burial practices and funerals
- Ethnozoology
- 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
- book chapter
- 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
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Robert O. Lagacé ; 1966
- 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
- 1888-1901
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- middle Rio Araguaia, central Brazil
- NotesAdditional notes
- By William Azel Cook
- Only pages 58-128 and 4 accompanying plates were processed for this file
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 11015363
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Caraja Indians