Book
The Warao: natives of the Orinoco Delta
Deparemento de Antropología, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas • Caracas • Published In 1968 • Pages:
By: Suárez, Maria Matilde, Muirden, Sydney.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study presents a well-rounded ethnographic description of the Warao living in the Orinoco Delta. The author begins her study with introductory material on the geographical characteristics of the Delta, and on field work conditions in the area, then reviews the ethnographic literature relative to the Warao (with particular emphasis on the studies of Wilbert). Following this is the main body of the work dealing with economy, social and political organization, and magico-religious life. Concluding the work is an appendix that includes phonetic and musical transcriptions of five Indian songs (translated into Spanish) and a collection of Warao drawings. This work serves as a valued complement to other documents in this file and is particularly useful for its contemporary (1960s) data.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Location
- Topography and geology
- Reviews and critiques
- Shipbuilding
- General tools
- Normal garb
- Mats and basketry
- Food preparation
- Kinship terminology
- Rule of descent
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Sacred objects and places
- Magical and mental therapy
- Music
- Literary texts
- Dwellings
- 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
- Book
- 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
- 1962-1968
- 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
- María Matilde Suárez
- Translation of: Los Warao:indígenas del delta del Orinoco
- The original Spanish text is not included
- Translated for the HRAF files by Sydney Muirden
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-223)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 68118200
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Warao Indians