book chapter

Information on the marriage of the Indians of Brazil

Revista trimensal de historia e geographiaRio De Janeiro • Published In 1846 • Pages: 254-262 [incomplete]

By: Anchieta, José de, Métraux, Alfred, Vescelius, Gary S..

Abstract
This is a very important account by one of the most famous missionaries of the sixteenth century, of marriage rules among the early Tupi of the region of Sao Paulo. The present translation is taken from the original article published in the REVISTA TRIMENSAL of the Brazilian Historical and Geographical Institute for 1846. The original manuscript is to be found in a much larger book of 215 pages, containing various narratives written by Brazilian Jesuits at the close of the sixteenth century, and which today resides in the Biblioteca Eborense. Pages 130-136 of the manuscript are taken up with the Casamentos article. Whether the donor of the manuscript alluded to in the text, Adolpho Varnhagen, gave the Institute the actual manuscript or merely a copy is not made clear, but, whatever the situation, the Institute certainly possesses a facimile if not the real thing.
Subjects
Basis of marriage
Termination of marriage
Polygamy
Kinship regulation of sex
Extramarital sex relations
culture
Tupinamba
HRAF PubDate
2003
Region
South America
Sub Region
Eastern South America
Document Type
book chapter
Evaluation
Creator Type
Missionary
Document Rating
3: Good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent
Analyst
Alfred Métraux ; Gary Vescelius ; 1971
Field Date
ca. 1570
Coverage Date
1570
Coverage Place
São Paulo, Brazil
Notes
José de Anchieta
This document consists of excerpts
Translation of: [Informacão dos Indios do Brasil] The original Portuguese text is not included
Translated for the HRAF files by Alfred Métraux prior to 1956 ; additional translation by Gary S. Vescelius ca. 1970
LCCN
98648816
LCSH
Tupinamba Indians