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The art of the Caraja Indians (Goiás State, Brazil)article 1912 • Krause, Fritz,1881-1963 & Fort, Richard
Karajá • South America > Eastern South America
This source on Karajá art is divided into two parts. The first covers various forms of representative art, according to whether they are "plastic art” such as plaiting, wood carving, and clay and wax figures, or if they are "surface representations” ...In the wilderness of Brazilbook chapter 1911 • Krause, Fritz,1881-1963 & Schütze, Frieda
Karajá • South America > Eastern South America
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...