book chapter
Head hunters of the Amazon: seven years of exploration and adventure
Duffield and Company • New York • Published In 1923 • Pages:
By: Up de Graff, Fritz W., d.1927.
Abstract
The author spent seven years of exploration and adventure in the forests of the Upper Amazon basin The material in the book on the Jivaro has been excerpted There is an exceptionally good account of a war raid, victory ceremonial, and the technique of head-shrinking.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- South America
- Sub Region
- Amazon and Orinoco
- Document Type
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Explorer
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Katherine Schlesinger ; 1950-1956
- Field Date
- 1897
- Coverage Date
- 1897
- Coverage Place
- Peru
- Notes
- by F.W. Up de Graff, with a foreword by Kermit Roosevelt …
- This document consists of excerpts
- LCCN
- 23005829
- LCSH
- Jivaro Indians/Shuar Indians/Indians of South America--Amazon River Valley/Amazon River/South America--Description and travel