Book
The Tukuna
University of California Press • 45 • Published In 1952 • Pages: x, 209 , 18 plates
By: Nimuendajú, Curt.
Abstract
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.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2010
- Region
- South America
- Sub Region
- Amazon and Orinoco
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1960
- Field Date
- 1941-1942
- Coverage Date
- 1935-1942
- Coverage Place
- area of the Amazon River at the intersection of the borders of Brazil, Colombia and Peru
- Notes
- By Curt Nimuendajú ; edited by Robert H. Lowie ; translated by William D. Hohenthal
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-167)
- LCCN
- a 52009441
- LCSH
- Tucuna Indians