Handbook of South American Indians: The Marginal tribesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1946 |
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Handbook of South American Indians, Nummer 143,Volume 1 Julian Haynes Steward Volledige weergave - 1946 |
Handbook of South American Indians: The Marginal tribes Julian Haynes Steward Volledige weergave - 1963 |
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18th century Abipón Alacaluf animals Apinayé Araucanian archeological arrows Ashluslay Azara bands bark Bermejo River birds bolas bone Bororo Botocudo boys Buenos Aires Caingang Canella canoe caraguatá Cayapó ceremony Chaco Indians Chaco tribes Chamacoco Chaná Charrua chief Chono Choroti culture D'Orbigny dance decorated feathers feet fire fish girls gourd groups Guaicurú Guaná guanaco Guaraní Guató Gusinde hair harpoon head horses Huarpe hunting jaguar Jesuits killed Lengua linguistic lived Lothrop Lozano Lule Macá maize Mataco Mbayá Métraux mission Mocoví moieties Musters northern ornaments painted palm Pampa Paraguay River Paraná River Payaguá Pilagá Pilcomayo River PLATE pottery Puelche Querandi region rhea Río Negro rite Sánchez Labrador Santa shamans shell Sherente skin southern Spaniards spear spirits stick stone subtribe Tapuya Tehuelche territory Timbira Timbú Toba tree Viedma Vilela village Whites women wooden Yahgan Zamuco
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Pagina 2 - to provide a concise summary of existing data that will serve as a standard reference work for the scholar, a textbook for the student, and a guide to the general reader.
Pagina 365 - Look, his nails are growing," the fearstruck women exclaim, although they cannot see the rogue, who is concealed within his tent; but that distracted fear presents things to their eyes which have no real existence. It was scarce possible to persuade them out of their absurd terrors. " You daily kill tigers in the plain...
Pagina 62 - Though in appearance an uncomfortable sort of sport, yet they engage in it readily, seem to enjoy it much, and express their eagerness by barking every time they raise their heads above the water to breathe. The net is held by two Indians, who get into the water; then the dogs, taking a large compass, dive after the fish, and drive them into the net; but it is only in particular places that the fish are taken in this manner.
Pagina 87 - The clothing of the Yahgan seems to us utterly inadequate, given the climatic conditions — temperatures commonly around and well below freezing point in winter, high winds, frequent snow, hail, sleet, and cold rain — but in view of the seeming role played in their decline by introduced European clothing and their relative good health prior thereto, perhaps their clothing was reasonably well-adapted to the...
Pagina 120 - Birth control techniques are not practiced . . . ." "The mother is confined to the house for a week after birth, during which her diet is restricted . . ." [Tschopik 1946:548]. "After the delivery there was no prescribed bath in the sea or stream. . . . After delivery she abstained for about a month from certain foods, while the father ate lightly; but there was no couvade
Pagina 6 - The following section is usually Trade or Economic Organization. Social and Political Organization, which follows, describes the general patterns and structure of the groups. If necessary, special accounts of Warfare and Cannibalism come next. Life Cycle then sketches Birth, Childhood, Puberty rites and initiations, Marriage, and Death observances. Esthetic and Recreational Activities includes Games, Music, Musical instruments, Dancing, Narcotics, and Intoxicants. Religion describes beliefs about...
Pagina 323 - ... community are excluded. Among the Lenguas the feast in which the mask-dance is performed is called yanmana, and is connected with " the coming of age of a girl." Some boys, dressed in ostrich feathers and wearing masks to represent evil spirits, issue from the forest, running one behind the other, and move in and out among the crowd, jingling bunches of hoofs, and from time to time uttering prolonged shrill cries. When they circle round near the girl some of the women pretend to protect her,...
Pagina 94 - ... local group had its own territory — that of Ushuaia, for instance, occupied 20 miles (32 km.) of coast line on Beagle Channel — and its own name derived from its locality. Like the dialectic groups, these local groups had no chiefs. The local group's chief function was that of holding the ci6xaus initiation rite.
Pagina 222 - Toba now concentrated in the evangelical mission of Sombrero Negro. These Indians claim the name of Toba and regard themselves as different from the Pilagd, who...
Pagina 445 - South — comprises the states of Sao Paulo, Parana, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul.