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The Warrau
Handbook of South American Indians, edited by Julian H. Steward • 3 (143) • Published In 1959 • Pages: 869-881
By: Kirchhoff, Paul.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a brief summary outline of Warrau ethnography based on a review of the literature. It includes data on history, location, language, subsistence activities, village, houses, dress and adornment, transportation, manufactures, trade, social and political organization, life cycle, death, religion, warfare, recreational activities, religion and mythology, etc. Kirchhoff comments frequently on the existing works of other authors on Warrau.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Hunting and trapping
- Fishing
- Tillage
- Normal garb
- Personal grooming
- Musical instruments
- Dance
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Burial practices and funerals
- Spirits and gods
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Warao
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- 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
- essay
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- H. C. Koh ; 1965, 1967
- 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
- 1954
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Orinoco Delta, Venezuela; Guyana
- NotesAdditional notes
- Paul Kirchoff
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 881)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 46026504
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Warao Indians