Book
The Yaruros of the Capanaparo River, Venezuela
U.S. Govt Print. Off. • Washington • Published In 1939 • Pages: 161-290 , 14 plates
By: Petrullo, Vincenzo.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This monograph is based upon a three-month field trip among the Yaruros and investigation of relevant historical sources. The consequent coverage, as the author himself allows, is far from complete. Most aspects of Yaruro culture are described in a general way. The most detailed information refers to religion and mythology and was gathered principally from one informant. Art and technology are treated adequately. The superficial treatment of other aspects of Yaruro culture is not enhanced by the author's repetition of data under several headings. Since apparently no first-hand information exists on this culture to date, this is an invaluable source.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Food quest
- Art
- Kinship
- Religious beliefs
- Magicians and diviners
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Pumé
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2014
- 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.
- 3: Good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Richard Schaedel ; 1955
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1933-34
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1933-1934
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Capanaparo river region, eastern Apure, Venezuela
- NotesAdditional notes
- Vincenzo Petrullo
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Yaruro Indians