article
The Social and psychological aspect of chieftainship in a primitive tribe: The Nambikuara of northwestern Mato Grosso
Transactions of the New York Academy of Sciences, series II • 7 • Published In 1945 • Pages: 16-32
By: Lévi-Strauss, Claude.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article, by a social anthropologist, deals with chieftainship among the Nambicuara. Discussed are the selection, prerogatives, and various duties of the chief, and the relationship which exists between him and the other members of the band.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ethos
- Dwellings
- Community structure
- Community heads
- Community councils
- Collecting
- Tillage
- Settlement patterns
- Kin relationships
- Regulation of marriage
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Nambicuara
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- South America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Amazon and Orinoco
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- James Leary ; 1958
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1938-1939
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1938-1939
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Mato Grosso state, Brazil
- NotesAdditional notes
- Claude Lévi-Strauss
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 12020405
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Nambicuara Indians