SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY 



PUBLICATION NO. 12 



CRUZ DAS ALMAS 

 A BRAZILIAN VILLAGE 



by 

 DONALD PIERSON 



with the assistance oj 



LEVI CRUZ, MIRTES BRANDAO LOPES, HELEN BATCHELOR 

 PIERSON, CARLOS BORGES TEIXEIRA. AND OTHERS 



Prepared in Cooperation with the United States Department of 



State as a Project of the Interdepartmental Committee 



on Scientific and Cultural Cooperation 



UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING O F FI C E • W A S H I N G TO N : 1 9 5 1 



