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Culture summary: Tapirapé

Human Relations Area Files • New Haven, Conn. • Published In 2010 • Pages:

By: Flowers, Nancy May, Adem, Teferi Abate.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document

This is a culture summary of the Tapirapé. Information is presented on major aspects of Tapirapé culture.

SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF

Identification

Culture summary

cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)

Tapirapé

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

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

AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection

John Beierle; 2007

Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document

no date

Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to

not specified

Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)

General Tapirapé; Tapirapé river area, far northeastern Mato Grosso state, Brazil

NotesAdditional notes

Nancy M. Flowers, John Beierle

This culture summary is based on the article “Tapirapé” by Nancy M. Flowers, in the Encyclopedia of World Cultures, Vol 7. 1994. Johannes Wilbert, ed. Boston, Mass.: G. K. Hall & Co. The section on death and the afterlife was expanded, and new sections on division of labor, land tenure, domestic unit, political organization, religious practitioners, and ceremonies were added by John Beierle in August 2007.

Includes bibliographical references.

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Tapirapé Indians