The woodcarvers of Kitawa and their canoes : a linguistic and aesthetic analysis of visual art in Melanesia
The present thesis is concerned with problems of aesthetic and symbolic interpretation presented by the analysis of the graphic signs carved on the prows of the ceremonial canoes of Kitawa, one of the so-called kula ring islands (Milne Bay, Melanesia). These canoes are specially made for periodic ri...
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SOAS, University of London
1982
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| Online Access: | https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.758736 |