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Author: Author's name as listed in Library of Congress records
Oberg, Kalervo, 1901-1973
Title:
The Bacairi
Published in: if part or section of a book or monograph
Indian tribes of northern Mato Grosso, Brazil
Published By: Original publisher
Indian tribes of northern Mato Grosso, Brazil
Washington: U.S. Govt. Print. Off.. 1953. 69-81, 114, 136
p.
By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication
Kalervo Oberg
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
Human Relations Area Files, 2004. Computer File
Culture: Culture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC) with the alphanumberic OWC identifier in parenthesis.
Bakairi (SP07)
Subjects: Document-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Culture summary (105);
Production and supply (433);
Literary texts (539);
Magical and mental therapy (755);
Shamans and psychotherapists (756);
Spirits and gods (776);
Mythology (773);
Organized ceremonial (796);
Abstract: Brief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study presents a brief but well-rounded account of the
Bacairi based on the author's fieldwork among these people living on the Government Indian
Post (Simão Lopes) on the Rio Paranatinga during June 1947. It should be noted that the
information presented in this source, obtained primarily from informants, relates to an
earlier period in Bacairi history (ca. 1907) when they lived on the Rio Kuliseu. Data
presented pertain to: settlement patterns, subsistence activities, house types, furniture,
language, culture history and early European contacts, population, dress and personal
ornaments, organization of labor, social organization, the life cycle, puberty rites,
marriage, burial, shamanism, games, ceremonialism and mythology.
Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents
6
Document ID: HRAF's unique document identifier. The first part is the OWC identifier and the second part is the document number in three digits.
sp07-006
Document Type: May include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs or chapters/parts of monographs.
Essay
Language: Language that the document is written in
English
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 136)
Field Date: The date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1947
Evaluation: In this alphanumeric code, the first part designates the type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigene, and so on. The second part is 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
Ethnologist-5
Analyst: The HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection.
John Beierle ; 1965
Coverage Date: The date or dates that the information in the document pertains to (often not the same as the field date).
1749-1947
Coverage Place: Location of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Rio Kuliseu, Mato Grosso State, Brazil
LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Bakairi Indians
