Matsés

E523834

Amazonian indigenous group indigenous people

The Matsés are an indigenous people of the Amazon rainforest known for their traditional semi-nomadic lifestyle, deep ecological knowledge, and distinctive facial tattoos and piercings.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Matsés people	2

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Amazonian indigenous group ⓘ indigenous people ⓘ
associatedWithSpecies	Phyllomedusa bicolor NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Brazil ⓘ Peru ⓘ
facesThreat	deforestation ⓘ disease from outside contact ⓘ illegal logging ⓘ oil exploration ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Matsé NERFINISHED ⓘ Matsés people NERFINISHED ⓘ Matsés-Mayoruna NERFINISHED ⓘ Mayoruna NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice	facial tattooing at puberty ⓘ nose piercing ⓘ oral transmission of knowledge ⓘ ritual use of frog toxins ⓘ
hasNameInSpanish	Mayoruna ⓘ
hasPoliticalOrganization	indigenous associations in Brazil ⓘ indigenous associations in Peru ⓘ
inhabitsRegion	Amazon rainforest NERFINISHED ⓘ Javari River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ Javari Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	deep ecological knowledge ⓘ distinctive facial tattoos ⓘ facial piercings ⓘ knowledge of rainforest biodiversity ⓘ shamanic practices ⓘ traditional fishing practices ⓘ traditional hunting practices ⓘ use of medicinal plants ⓘ
language	Matsés language ⓘ
languageFamily	Pano-Tacanan language family NERFINISHED ⓘ Panoan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
livesAlongRiver	Gálvez River NERFINISHED ⓘ Javari River NERFINISHED ⓘ Yaquerana River NERFINISHED ⓘ
populationTrend	relatively small population ⓘ
religion	animism ⓘ
traditionalHousing	communal longhouses ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle	semi-nomadic ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence	fishing ⓘ gathering forest products ⓘ hunting ⓘ swidden agriculture ⓘ
usesPsychoactiveSubstance	frog secretion for hunting magic ⓘ kambo ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Peruvian Amazon → hasIndigenousPeople → Matsés ⓘ

Matsés National Reserve → associatedPeople → Matsés ⓘ

this entity surface form: Matsés people

Matsés National Reserve → culturalSignificanceFor → Matsés ⓘ

this entity surface form: Matsés people