WANTOAT
Subtitle: Art and Religion of the Northeast New Guinea Papuans
Author: CARL A. SCHMITZ
Material Type: general or thematic Work
Publisher: Mouton & Co., Publishers, Tthe Hague, 1963. Bound with editor binding toilée brown with golden hollow decorative pattern, illustrated dust jacket in good condition color, size: 20.5 x 25 cm
Content: 160 p, 16 ill. b / w, 28 b / w photos, 2 photos col. 5 drawings Library.
Additional Information: Book exhausted
State of the work: Very good condition (with usual wear considering its age)
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Description
This fascinating monograph is an important ethnographic account of Mt. Wantoat Finisterre, with a particular emphasis on the aesthetics of ritual process. The author actively address the idea of symbolism itself in the indigenous ritual, rejecting several overly simple polarities of structural anthropology for a metaphysical approach. Excellent ethnography and a beautiful visual document. Based on a survey conducted in 1955 and 1956, Carl A. Schmitz explores how religion in Papua Northeast New Guinea reveals the forms in their art.
Additional information
| Weight | 760 g |
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| Dimensions | 20.5 × 25 cm |
