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Familial structure of a Warao clan
Antropológica / Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle • 13 • Published In 1964 • Pages: HRAF MS: 1, 19 leaves [Original: 11-29 ]
By: Osborn, Henry A., Sherwood, Amelia Illescas.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article is a genealogical study of the Warao Indians living around the Daugauaja (Caño Dauguaja) and Jarajoje channels of the northern Amacuro Delta of the Orinoco River, Monagas State, northeastern Venezuela. The author deals with six nuclear families, four generations in depth, totaling in all 257 individuals (p. 1). Extensive kinship charts are presented in the text, accompanied by a catalog of the persons (by name) who appear in the study. Some additional data are also to be found in the source on endogamous and exogamous marriage patterns.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Kinship terminology
- Kin relationships
- Personal names
- Regulation of marriage
- 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
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Linguist
- Missionary
- 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 ; 1985
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1963
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1963
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Daugauaja Channel (Caño Dauguaja) of the northern Amacuro Delta of the Orinoco River, Monagas State, northeastern Venezuela
- NotesAdditional notes
- Translation of: Estructura familiar de un clan Guaraunos
- The original Spanish text is not included
- Translated for the HRAF files by Amelia I. Sherwood
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 65004908
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Warao Indians