Santa Cruz Island figure sculpture and its social and ritual contexts /

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In this ethnographic study of traditional sculpture from Santa Cruz Island, near the Solomon Islands in the southwest Pacific the late anthropologist William H. Davenport presents a distinctive genre of figure sculpture produced for and used in traditional religious rituals and ceremonies.The body o...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Davenport, William H., 1922-2004
Corporate Author: University of Pennsylvania. Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, ©2005.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Plastik
Solomon Islanders > Material culture > Solomon Islands > Nendö.
Solomon Islanders > Solomon Islands > Nendö > Social life and customs.
Art, Solomon Islands > Solomon Islands > Nendö.
Sculpture, Melanesian > Solomon Islands > Nendö.
Salomonais > Culture matérielle > Salomon > Ndeni.
Salomonais > Salomon > Ndeni > Mœurs et coutumes.
Art salomonais > Salomon > Ndeni.
Sculpture mélanésienne > Salomon > Ndeni.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Art, Solomon Islands
Manners and customs
Sculpture, Melanesian
Solomon Islanders > Social life and customs
Mythologie
Ritus
Alltag
Brauch
Nendö (Solomon Islands) > Social life and customs.
Ndeni (Salomon) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Solomon Islands > Nendö
Santa-Cruz-Inseln
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The first European collectors
  • Iconography and style
  • Worship and ritual
  • The Santa Cruz Island world view
  • Myths of the Santa Cruz Island Dukna.

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