Mundurucu

ETHNONYM: Munduruku

Kinship

Kin Groups and Descent. The important kin group is comprised of closely related female coresidents and their husbands and children. Descent is patrilineal, with only clan names and, for some men, shamanistic knowledge inherited from the father. Property is normally not inherited from an individual' s father.

Kinship Terminology. The Mundurucu use bifurcate-merging kin terms on the parental level.

Bibliography

Burkhalter, Steve Brian (1983). Amazon Gold Rush: Markets and the Mundurucu Indians. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International.

Burkhalter, Steve Brian, and Robert F. Murphy (1989). "Tappers and Sappers: Rubber, Gold, and Money among the Mundurucu." American Ethnologist 16:100-116.

Murphy, Robert F. (1958). Mundurucu Religion. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press.

Murphy, Robert F. (1960). Headhunter's Heritage: Social and Economic Change among the Mundurucu Indians. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. Reprint. 1978. New York: Octagon Books.

Murphy, Yolanda, and Robert F. Murphy (1974). Women of the Forest. 2nd ed. 1985. New York: Columbia University Press.

STEVE BRIAN BURKHALTER