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Studies on the Mundurucu Tribe
Revista trimensal do Instituto Historico, Geographico e Ethnographico do Brazil • 40 (2) • Published In 1877 • Pages: HRAF MS: i, 1-78 [original: 73-161 ]
By: Tocantins, Antonio Manoel Goncalves, Brunel, Ariane.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an account of the author's travels to the upper Tapajoz and Cadereri rivers. It is concerned as much with personal experiences as with objective observation. Although materials clearly related to cultures other than the Mundurucu have been marked for the appropriate files, much information has been assigned to the Mundurucu which may possibly pertain to other peoples. Some of the data of especial interest in this source are: a description of residences, population of individual villages, a listing of names of tribes in contact with the Mundurucu, legends of tribal origins, lists of cultivated and wild plants in the area, death and legends of tribal origins, lists of cultivated and wild plants in the area, death and afterlife beliefs, ordering of time, and a lengthy account of relations with rubber traders and the mission supported by the Brazilian government at Bacabal.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Flora
- Composition of population
- Tillage
- External relations
- Aftermath of combat
- Burial practices and funerals
- Mourning
- Eschatology
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Mundurucu
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2003
- 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.
- Engineer
- 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
- George R. Bedell ; 1959
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1875
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- mid eighteenth - late nineteenth centuries
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Upper Tapajoz (Tapajós) and Cadereri River areas, Brazil
- NotesAdditional notes
- Antonio Manoel Goncalves Tocantins
- Translation of: [Estudos sobre a Tribu 'Mundurucu']
- The original Portuguese text isnot included
- Translated for the HRAF files by Ariane Brunel
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 98648819
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Munduruku Indians