essay
The calabash of ruffled feathers
Stones, bones and skin : ritual and shamanic art • Toronto, Ontario • Published In 1977 • Pages: 58-61
By: Wilbert, Johannes.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source presents a detailed description of the sacred shaman's rattle of the Warao, called 'Calabash of the Ruffeled Feathers.' The author discusses its mythological origins, function in shamanistic ceremonies, manufacture by the WISHIRATU (shaman priest), and place in Warao cosmology.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Sacred objects and places
- Magical and mental therapy
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Fire
- 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
- John Beierle 1985
- 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
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Orinoco Delta, Venezuela
- NotesAdditional notes
- Johannes Wilbert
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Warao Indians