The Art of Being Kuna: Layers of Meaning Among the Kuna of PanamaThe remarkable arts and culture of the Kuna of Panama are accessible in this comprehensive, illustrated volume. From the familiar reverse appliqued molas to music, dance, and verbal arts, the Kuna live their values and bind their people together. This focus and strength has helped them to resist outside forces and maintain their culture and self-determination in the face of peoples and governments far more powerful. |
Contents
Directors Acknowledgment Doran H Ross | xiv |
The Kuna of Panama | 29 |
xvii | 40 |
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The Art of Being Kuna: Layers of Meaning Among the Kuna of Panama Mari Lyn Salvador No preview available - 1997 |
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aesthetic Agouti Ailigandi animals arts bird bonigana burba Cacique canoe capítulos ceremony chanters chicha chiefs cloth coconut Colombia color Comarca Cordry curing chants dance Darién Dark Village Don Cole dule example fabric female Field Museum fiesta Figure flute FMCH forest gammu gandule gathering house girls golden box gurgin hammock Ibeorgun Igar images inabisebdili inna islands jaguar Kallick Kuna culture Kuna language Kuna women Kuna Yala Lady Richmond Brown language layer leaders lines Lionel Wafer López Magiryai's mainland Mari Lyn Salvador medicines memory of Sidney mola blouse mola panel musical Narganá Nega Nele nias NMAI Nordenskiöld olouludi Panama City Panamanian panpipe pattern peccaries performance pictograms pictographic picture-writing plants Private collection puberty purchase in memory rites ritual rivers San Blas Sandra Smith sewing shaman Sherzer singing specialists spirit suffix Suitupu traditional trees verbal verses white-lipped peccary woman words yannu young