essay
Navigators of the winter sun
Sea in the pre-Columbian world: a conference at Dumbarton Oaks, October 26th and 27th, 1974 • Washington, D. C. • Published In 1977 • Pages: 16-46
By: Wilbert, Johannes.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article is concerned with describing the technology and mythological background of Warao canoe-making. Details concerning the ritual which attends the construction of canoes, along with the texts of chants intoned by the craftsman, are provided. Several photographs enhance the researcher's ability to visualize this process.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Shipbuilding
- Woodworking
- Boats
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- M. A. Marcus 1984
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1954-1969
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1954-1969
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Winikina Warao, Orinoco Delta, Venezuela
- NotesAdditional notes
- Johannes Wilbert
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 45-46)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 76058217
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Warao Indians