Book
The Tukuna
University of California Press • 45 • Published In 1952 • Pages: x, 209 , 18 plates
By: Nimuendajú, Curt, Hohenthal, William D..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This work is the last major contribution to American ethnology of the late Curt Nimuendaju, who spent many years studying the various Indian tribes of South America. This research was undertaken by the author on behalf of the Department of Anthropology, University of California, and presents the results of three field trips to the Tucuna. This source gives a well rounded account of Tucuna ethnography, and is especially detailed on material culture. Mythology is illustrated in the last section of the book with many native accounts of creation myths and legends. Social and political organization is not covered in detail in this work, but there is some valuable information on the Tucuna clans and moieties. Other aspects of culture dealt with in this source are: habitation, subsistence, apparel and ornament, art, character and social life, social organization, life cycle, magic and religion and Tucuna legends.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural identity and pride
- Community structure
- Tillage
- Dwellings
- Settlement patterns
- Fishing
- Hunting and trapping
- Normal garb
- Ornament
- Visual arts
- Music
- Games
- Moieties
- Localized kin groups
- Community heads
- Puberty and initiation
- Adolescent activities
- Gender status
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Ticuna
- 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
- 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 ; 1960
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1941-1942
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1935-1942
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- area of the Amazon River at the intersection of the borders of Brazil, Colombia and Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Curt Nimuendajú ; edited by Robert H. Lowie ; translated by William D. Hohenthal
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-167)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- a 52009441
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tucuna Indians