Research Catalog

Title

Korewori : magic art from the rain forest / Christian Kaufmann ; translated from the German by Robert Williamson.

Author

Kaufmann, Christian

Publication

Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, c2003.

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Details

Additional Authors

Museum der Kulturen Basel

Description

103 p. : ill. (some col.), map; 31 cm.

Uniform Title

Korewori. English

Alternative Title

• Korewori.
• Magic art from the rain forest

Subject

• Museum der Kulturen Basel > Exhibitions
• Wood-carving, Papuan > Papua New Guinea > Karawari River Region > Exhibitions
• Wood-carved figurines > Papua New Guinea > Karawari River Region > Exhibitions
• Wood-carvers > Papua New Guinea > Karawari River Region > Exhibitions
• Wood-carving > Papua New Guinea > Karawari River Region > Exhibitions
• Ceremonial objects > Papua New Guinea > Karawari River Region > Exhibitions
• Karawari River Region (Papua New Guinea) > Social life and customs > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

• exhibition catalogs.
• Exhibition catalogs
• Catalogues d'exposition.

Note

• Catalog of an exhibition held at the Museum der Kulturen Basel fo wood sculpture from Papua New Guinea in their collection.
• Translation of: Korewori : magische Kunst aus dem Regenwald.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 102-103).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction : seven sculptures -- From the men's house to the sheltering rocks -- The sculptures of the Korewori River -- Mythical pictures -- worldly carvers -- Hunting scenes : magic forces at work -- Visual forms of expression -- signs of identity? -- On a visit to the upper Korewori River in 1973 : conversations with the descendants of the carvers -- Korewori in Basel : list of objects.

ISBN

0824828194

OCLC

• 55222851
• SCSB-9901551

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library