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Guardians of the life stream : shamans, art and power in prehispanic central Panamá / by Armand J. Labbé ; with a foreword by Peter Keller ; [illustrations by Joseph Kramer ; editor, Aleida Rodríguez].

Title
Guardians of the life stream : shamans, art and power in prehispanic central Panamá / by Armand J. Labbé ; with a foreword by Peter Keller ; [illustrations by Joseph Kramer ; editor, Aleida Rodríguez].
Author
Labbé, Armand J.
Publication
Santa Ana, Calif. : Cultural Arts Press, The Bowers Museum of Cultural Art ; [Seattle] : Distributed by the University of Washington Press, c1995.

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Additional Authors
Bowers Museum of Cultural Art
Description
168 p. : col. ill.; 28 cm.
Subject
  • Shamanistic symbolism > Panama
  • Indians of Central America > Panama > Antiquities
  • Indian pottery > Panama
  • Art, Shamanistic > Panama
  • Panama > Antiquities
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Brief Chronological Outline of Panamanian History -- Ch. I. Introduction -- Ch. II. Central Panama: A Ceramic Art History -- Ch. III. The Central Region: Changes through Time -- An Art Historical Overview -- Ch. IV. Neotropical and New World Shamanism -- Ch. V. Mapping and Structuring the Shamanic Universe -- Ch. VI. Paradigm and Models: A Key to Understanding the Inherent Dualism of the Shamanic Cosmos -- Ch. VII. Context and Meaning in the Art of Central Panama.
ISBN
0963395939
LCCN
^^^95177654^
OCLC
  • 32321013
  • SCSB-9909745
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library