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The religion of the SamkeBook 1955 • Karsten, Rafael
Saami • Europe > Scandinavia
This monograph, with an environmental determinist point of view, is a detailed summary of Saami religion written with a view to testing a general theory of religion. Although Karsten collected his data primarily through his field observation, he used...The head-hunters of Western Amazonasbook chapter 1935 • Karsten, Rafael
Jivaro • South America > Amazon and Orinoco
Karsten spent three full years among the Jivaro (between 1917 and 1928) and almost a complete summary of all he has published on the Jivaro to date is contained in this monograph He learned the native language passingly well according to his own stat...Los indios Shipibo del rio Ucayaliarticle 1955 • Karsten, Rafael
Shipibo • South America > Amazon and Orinoco
This study, in Spanish, describes several aspects of the ethnography of the Shipibo living in the Rio Ucayali area of Peru. Much of the ethnographic focus is on the towns of Yarinacocha and Roboya and on the ceremonies associated with the girl's pube...Indian tribes of the Argentine and Bolivian Chaco 1932 • Karsten, Rafael
Mataco • South America > Southern South America
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