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Author: Author's name as listed in Library of Congress records
Lipkind, William, 1904-
Title:
Carajá cosmography
Published in: if part or section of a book or monograph
Journal of American folk-lore -- Vol. 53
Published By: Original publisher
Journal of American folk-lore -- Vol. 53
New York: American folk-Lore Society. 1940. 248-251 p.
By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication
By William Lipkind
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
Human Relations Area Files, 2018. Computer File
Culture: Culture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC) with the alphanumberic OWC identifier in parenthesis.
Karajá (SP09)
Subjects: Document-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Acculturation and culture contact (177);
Cosmology (772);
Mythology (773);
Eschatology (775);
Spirits and gods (776);
Abstract: Brief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source investigates several aspects of Karajá
religious beliefs. The primary emphasis is on cosmography and mythology, but there is
some discussion of eschatology and the role of the shaman and sorcerer in society. It
concludes with comments on how Karajá resistance to outside influence was changing their
world view.
Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents
7
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.
sp09-007
Document Type: May include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs or chapters/parts of monographs.
Journal Article
Language: Language that the document is written in
English
Field Date: The date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1938-1939
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 ; 1966
Coverage Date: The date or dates that the information in the document pertains to (often not the same as the field date).
1938-1939
Coverage Place: Location of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Ilha do Bananal (middle Rio Araguaia),
southwestern Tocantins, Brazil
LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Caraja Indians
