Caribbean Figure Pendants: Style and Subject Matter Anthropomorphic figure pendants of the late Ceramic Age in the Greater Antilles
This work synthesizes art-historical and anthropological methods in the analysis of a large corpus of indigenous figure pendants, commonly called "amulets," from the Greater Antilles and Bahamas. Figure pendants, ubiquitous in Caribbean collections, are small carvings of spirit beings perf...
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Main Author: | James Knight, Vernon (auth) |
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Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
Language: | English |
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Leiden
Sidestone Press
2020
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Series: | Taboui
7 |
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Online Access: | OAPEN Library: download the publication OAPEN Library: description of the publication |
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