The Wauja snake-basket: myth and the conceptual imagination of material culture in Amazonia
The literature on Amazonian ethnology is plenty of mythical serpents whose deeds are relatedto the origin of humanity, the invention and teaching of shamanic knowledge, artefacts, graphicmotifs and songs. If the mythological themes on Amazonian serpents have already been widelydescribed and analysed...
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| Language: | English |
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia
2016-01-01
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| Series: | Mundo Amazónico |
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| Online Access: | http://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/imanimundo/article/view/55701 |