The Tukuna / Curt Nimuendajú; Robert H. Lowie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nimuendajú, Curt, Author.

Contributor:

Hohenthal, William D.

Lowie, Robert H., Editor.

Series:

University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; 45

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 p.) : plates 1–18, 13 figures in text, 1 map

Edition:

Reprint 2020

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1952. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived.

Contents:

Frontmatter

PREFACE

CONTENTS

EXPLANATION OF SYMBOLS AND DIACRITICS USED IN TUKUNA WORDS

I. INTRODUCTION

II. HABITATION

III. SUBSISTENCE

IV. APPAREL AND ORNAMENT

V. ART

VI. CHARACTER AND SOCIAL LIFE

VII. SOCIAL ORGANIZATION

VIII. LIFE CYCLE

IV. MAGIC AND RELIGION

X. VARIOUS LEGENDS

APPENDIXES

GLOSSARY

BIBLIOGRAPHY

PLATES

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Okt 2020)

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780520349681

0520349687

OCLC:

1198931314