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    Volume 3: Ethnographie
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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    May 2011
    November 2009
    ISBN:
    9780511704543
    9781108006279
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511704543
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    Dimensions:
    (244 x 170 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.85kg, 536 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Linguistic Anthropology, History, History of Native American Peoples, English Language and Linguistics: General Interest, Anthropology
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    Cambridge Library Collection - Linguistics
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    Subjects:
    Linguistic Anthropology, History, History of Native American Peoples, English Language and Linguistics: General Interest, Anthropology
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    Cambridge Library Collection - Linguistics
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    Theodor Koch-Grünberg (1872–1924) was a noted German ethnologist and explorer whose work on the indigenous peoples of Brazil and Venezuela is still referred to by anthropologists, ethnologists and linguists today. His most important publication was this five-volume account of his expedition of 1911–1913 from the sandstone mountains bordering Brazil, Venezuela and Guyana through uncharted territory westwards to the Orinoco. Volume 3 describes the material and spiritual culture of a number of tribes, focusing mainly on the Taulipáng (Taurepan) but also covering the Shirianá, Waika, Yekuaná and Guinaú. Topics covered include family life, health, clothing, hunting and fishing, crafts, warfare, belief in spirits, magic and ritual. The book contains an appendix on music, with descriptions of instruments, consideration of musical form and style, and transcriptions of melodies and songs taken from audio recordings. It is illustrated by numerous photographs and sketches.

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