Matsés

GPTKB entity

Statements (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Indigenous people
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Mayoruna
gptkbp:conservationEfforts collaboration with NGOs
gptkbp:contactWithOutsiders 1960s
gptkbp:culturalPractice body painting
facial tattooing
ritual use of plants
gptkbp:ethnobotanicalKnowledge documented in Matsés Ethnobotanical Encyclopedia
gptkbp:externalIdentification gptkb:Mayoruna
gptkbp:governingBody tribe
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Matsés
gptkbp:language gptkb:Matsés_language
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Panoan_languages
gptkbp:location gptkb:Brazil
gptkb:Peru
gptkbp:mainRiver gptkb:Javari_River
gptkb:Yaquerana_River
gptkbp:neighboringMunicipality gptkb:Kulina
gptkb:Kanamari
gptkb:Marubo
gptkb:Korubo
gptkbp:notableFor traditional ecological knowledge
knowledge of medicinal plants
preservation of language
resistance to outside influence
use of frog secretions (kambô) in rituals
gptkbp:notablePublication gptkb:Matsés_Ethnobotanical_Encyclopedia
gptkbp:population ~3,200
gptkbp:recognizedBy gptkb:Brazilian_government
Mexican
gptkbp:region gptkb:Matsés_Indigenous_Reserve_(Peru)
gptkb:Vale_do_Javari_Indigenous_Territory_(Brazil)
gptkbp:religion mythology
gptkbp:selfIdentification gptkb:Matsés
gptkbp:subsistence gptkb:hunting
gptkb:gathering
fishing
small-scale agriculture
gptkbp:threats gptkb:disease
deforestation
illegal logging
gptkbp:traditionalDress minimal, often body paint and ornaments
gptkbp:traditionalDwelling maloca (communal house)
gptkbp:traditionalTerritory gptkb:Amazon_rainforest
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Native_American_tribe
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4