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The xinguan leadership and their homes

From time to time, the Kalapalo and other upper Xingu people build special structures for their chiefs: large decorated houses for living chiefs, and special graves for deceased nobles - also conceived as their "houses". In this article I analyze how these structures keep a series of analo...

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Main Author:	Guerreiro Júnior, Antonio Roberto
Format:	Online
Language:	Portuguese
Published:	Universidade Estadual de Campinas 2013
Subjects:	Casa Chefia Parentesco Alto Xingu Kalapalo House Head Kinship Cabeza
Online Access:	https://econtents.sbu.unicamp.br/inpec/index.php/tematicas/article/view/11477
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