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)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Leiden Sidestone Press 2020
Series:Taboui 7
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