book chapter
In the wilderness of Brazil: report and results of the Leipzig Araguaia Expedition of 1908
R. Voigtländers Verlag • Leipzig • Published In 1911 • Pages:
By: Krause, Fritz,1881-1963, Schütze, Frieda.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This ethnography opens with a critical review of the historical literature on the Karajá. Next, the three "tribal" subgroups are distinguished (the Karajá proper, the Javahé (Šavajé), and the Shambioá (Šambioá), indicating for each their nomenclature, location, and distribution. The Karajá proper are subdivided into North and South hordes, manifesting a degree of cultural difference. Regarding social organization, information is presented on the role of village chiefs, legal norms and sanctions, status distinctions, forms of greeting, and inter-tribal relations involving trade, warfare, and the treatment of captives. A highlight is the pattern of inter-village relations in which a visit must commence with a wrestling match between the men of the two villages. Some aspects of the life cycle are also covered, including marriage, sex, family relations, pregnancy and birth, the care, activities and status of children, and death and burial. Additional data are given on population, settlement patterns and settlement plans, the subsistence economy and food patterns, trade and exchange transactions, division of labor, technology and crafts, magic, sorcery, magical therapy, folk medicine and morbidity, and Karajá knowledge and opinions of a number of surrounding tribes.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Descriptive somatology
- History
- Animal by-products
- Mats and basketry
- Woven and other interworked fabrics
- Ornament
- Personal grooming
- Body alterations
- Ceramic technology
- Settlement patterns
- Weapons
- General tools
- Utensils
- Exchange transactions
- Games
- Decorative art
- Representative art
- Musical instruments
- Literary texts
- Community heads
- Burial practices and funerals
- Sorcery
- Medical therapy
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Karajá
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2018
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- South America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern South America
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- 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
- Robert O. Lagacé ; 1966
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1908
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1908
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- middle Rio Araguaia basin, central Brazil
- NotesAdditional notes
- Fritz Krause
- Translation of: [In den Wildnissen Brasiliens; Bericht und Ergebnisse der Leipziger Araguaya-Expedition 1908]
- Translated for the HRAF files by Frieda Schütze
- Not processed for the Files: description of the expedition and its travels on pages 1-170, except for Plates 7-22, and 28-35 and the text illustrations 1-2 and 4-16, which pertain to the Caraja or Tapirape; and pages 368-402 and 461-468, which deal with the Northern Cayape.
- Not translated for the Files: the appendix on pages 413-460 and 469-482, and the index on pages 469-512; see category 116 for foreign text
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 12001240
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Caraja Indians