book chapter

The Indian folk societies, tribes and hordes in Brazil and several neighboring districts, land and peoples

Beiträge zur Ethnographie und Sprachenkunde Amerika's zumal BrasiliensLeipzigPublished In 1867 • Pages: HRAF MS: 14 [original: 385-400 ]

By: Martius, Karl Friedrich Phil[ipp] von.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a brief ethnographic summary of the Mundurucu which has been extracted from a general work on several tribes of Brazil. It includes a few historical notes taken from other sources but is mainly a first-hand account. Some of the topics treated are: physical description of the people, tattooing, ornaments, warfare, linguistic description and affiliations. This work is quoted by Horton (source number 4), but not always with the same interpretations as that given by the HRAF translator.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Descriptive somatology
History
Linguistic identification
Body alterations
External relations
Warfare
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
book chapter
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Natural Scientist
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
1817
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
eighteenth - early nineteenth centuries
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Tapajoz (Tapajós) River area, State of Para, Brazil
NotesAdditional notes
Von Dr. Carl Friedrich Phil. v. Martius …
I. Zur Ethnographie.--II. Zur Sprachenkunde.
Wörtersammlung brasilianischer Sprachen
Each vol. has also special t.-p.
1st edition of v. 2 published at Erlangen in 1863
Translation of: [Die indianischen Völkerschaften, Stämme und Horden in Brasilien und einigen benachbarten Gebieten, Land und Leute]
The original German text is not included
Only pages 385-400 are included
Translated for the HRAF files
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
04001139
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Munduruku Indians