Book
Shamanism and art of the eastern Tukanoan Indians: Colombian northwest Amazon
E. J. Brill • Leiden • Published In 1987 • Pages: xi, 25 , plates
By: Reichel-Dolmatoff, Gerardo.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
After a brief introduction to Tukano ethnography, Reichel-Dolmatoff proceeds to an expansive discussion of the role of the shaman in eastern Tukanoan society. As background to the study, the author discusses cosmogony and the mythical past, and then describes the institution of shamanism as it is known among the Tukanoan people, its place in the relgious order, and various forms of shamanistic art. Forty-two plates are appended at the end of the text depicting numerous aspects of Eastern Tukanoan life.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Recreational and non-therapeutic drugs
- Decorative art
- Representative art
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- General character of religion
- Cosmology
- Revelation and divination
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tukano
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1998
- 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
- 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
- John Beierle ; 1996
- 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)
- Vaupés region, Colombian northwest Amazon
- NotesAdditional notes
- G. Reichel-Dolmatoff
- Includes bibliographical references (p. vii-xi)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 87211167
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tukano Indians