Description
Book SynopsisPresents an analysis of the rich spiritual and artistic traditions of the Carib-speaking Yekuana Indians of Venezuela, who live in the dense rain forest of the upper Orinoco.
Table of ContentsIllustrations
Acknowledgements
1 . INTRODUCTION: The Syntax of Culture
2· THE PEOPLE
'The Ones of This Earth"
Ihuruna, "The Headwater Place"
Ethnographic History
3· CULTURE AND ETHOS: A Play of Forces
The IIouse
Economic Activities
The Dual Nature of Reality
The Garden
The Geography of the Body
Ahacbito !Jato, 'The New Person"
The Six Souls
The First People
The Manipulation of the Invisible
Magic Herbs
Body Paints
Singing
4· "ALL THINGS MADE"
Tidi'uma
A Cycle of Baskets
Marriage
The Tradition
The Poetics of Basketry
5· ORIGIN AND DESIGN
Myths of the Origins of Artifacts
The Devil's Face Paint
The Designs
Shifting Fields
6· THE FORM OF CONTENT
Yododai
Edodicha
Fasting
The Fast Baskets
Weed Out Mawadi: The Tingkui Yechamatojo
7· TO WEAVE THE WORLD
A GALLERY OF BASKETS
Notes
Bibliography
Index
