Kuna Art and Shamanism : : An Ethnographic Approach /

Kuna Art and Shamanism : : An Ethnographic Approach / / Paolo Fortis.

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Known for their beautiful textile art, the Kuna of Panama have been scrutinized by anthropologists for decades. Perhaps surprisingly, this scrutiny has overlooked the magnificent Kuna craft of nuchukana—wooden anthropomorphic carvings—which play vital roles in curing and other Kuna rituals. Drawing...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Fortis, Paolo,
Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©2013
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (271 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • NOTE ON ORTHOGRAPHY
  • Introduction
  • 1. Island, Gardens, and Ancient Trees
  • 2. Alterity and the Populated Forest
  • 3. Carving and the Transformation of Male Fertility
  • 4. Amniotic Designs
  • 5. From the Perspective of the Mother
  • 6. Tarpa, or What Lies between Us
  • 7. Images of Alterity
  • 8. Sculptural Forms
  • Conclusion
  • NOTES
  • GLOSSARY
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX

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