a member of a group of Indigenous peoples of eastern Ecuador and northern Peru.
any of the languages of the Jívaro.
a member of a group of sub-tribes native to the Amazonian forests of Peru and Ecuador, formerly noted for their warlike nature and head-shrinking rituals
as modifier
Jivaro rituals
any of the languages spoken by the Jivaro people
First recorded in 1860–65; from Spanish Jíbaro, a self designation
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The Jívaro people of Ecuador posit the existence of three souls, each imbued with unique potential.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 14, 2023
Thus, we have in Maya, mehen "son," ix-mehen "daughter,"— -ix is a feminine prefix; and in the Jívaro, of Ecuador, vila "son," vilalu, "daughter."
From The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day by Chamberlain, Alexander F.
Alongside the skull - which is from a Belgian collection – the sale listed shrunken heads from the Jivaro people of South America and skulls from the Ekoi people of West Africa.
From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2024
Among the pieces on display these days is an Egyptian mummy with a burial mask, a 20th-century shrunken head from Jivaro Indians of South America and a Jurassic-Period dinosaur egg from China.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 7, 2020
A Shetland pony that has strayed into the territory of the head-shrinking Jivaro Indians of Peru?
From Time Magazine Archive
The Jivaro of Peru and Ecuador sit the dead man, head in hands, on a bench, and bury him beneath the floor of his own home, which is then abandoned.
From Time Magazine Archive
No. II. is on the Jivaro or Xebero tongue, and is entirely from unpublished sources.
From A Record of Study in Aboriginal American Languages by Brinton, Daniel Garrison
While the Napos and Zaparos live in rude, often temporary huts of split bamboo, the warlike Jívaros erect houses of hard wood with strong doors.
From The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America by Orton, James
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