Taíno : pre-Columbian art and culture from the Caribbean /
Taíno : pre-Columbian art and culture from the Caribbean /
edited by Fatima Bercht [and others] ; with contributions by Ricardo E. Alegría [and others].
- 189 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 28 cm
Published to accompany an exhibition of the same title organized by El Museo del Barrio, New York, Sept. 25, 1997-Mar. 29, 1998.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-189).
Preface and Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- The Caribbean before European Conquest: A Chronology -- An Introduction to Taino Culture and History -- The Daily Life of the Taino People -- The Taino Social and Political Order -- To Be Seated with "Great Courtesy and Veneration": Contextual Aspects of the Taino Duho -- The Creation Myths of the Taino -- Taino Stone Collars, Elbow Stones, and Three-Pointers -- Zemi Three-Pointer Stones -- Ancestor Worship and Cosmology among the Taino -- The Bat and the Owl: Nocturnal Images of Death -- Just Wasting Away: Taino Shamanism and Concepts of Fertility -- Epilogue: The Beaded Zemi in the Pigorini Museum -- Appendices -- Selected Bibliography.
1885254822 9781885254825
97042053
Taino Indians
Indian art
Art, Caribbean
F1619.2.T3 / T37 1997
704.03979
Published to accompany an exhibition of the same title organized by El Museo del Barrio, New York, Sept. 25, 1997-Mar. 29, 1998.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-189).
Preface and Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- The Caribbean before European Conquest: A Chronology -- An Introduction to Taino Culture and History -- The Daily Life of the Taino People -- The Taino Social and Political Order -- To Be Seated with "Great Courtesy and Veneration": Contextual Aspects of the Taino Duho -- The Creation Myths of the Taino -- Taino Stone Collars, Elbow Stones, and Three-Pointers -- Zemi Three-Pointer Stones -- Ancestor Worship and Cosmology among the Taino -- The Bat and the Owl: Nocturnal Images of Death -- Just Wasting Away: Taino Shamanism and Concepts of Fertility -- Epilogue: The Beaded Zemi in the Pigorini Museum -- Appendices -- Selected Bibliography.
1885254822 9781885254825
97042053
Taino Indians
Indian art
Art, Caribbean
F1619.2.T3 / T37 1997
704.03979