The Palm and the Pleiades: Initiation and Cosmology in Northwest Amazonia

1980-02-29book307 citationsclosed

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Indigenous Studies in Latin America Indigenous Cultures and History Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory

Abstract

List of tables and figures List of maps and plates Preface Orthography Part I. The Rites in Context: 1. Introduction 2. The Barasana: land and people Part II. The Rites Described: 3. Fruit House 4. He House: the main initiation rite Part III. Explanation and Analysis: 5. The participants 6. The flutes and trumpets 7. The gourd of beeswax 8. Open and closed: the howler monkey and the sloth 9. Death and rebirth 10. The Sun and the Moon Part IV. Conclusion: 11. Conclusion Part V. The Myths Appendixes Bibliography Index Index of names.

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