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 ; Belair, SA, Australia : Crawford House Pub., ©2003.

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Details

Additional Authors

Museum der Kulturen Basel.

Description

103 pages : illustrations (some color), map; 31 cm

Uniform Title

Korewori - magische Kunst aus dem Regenwald. English

Alternative Title

• Korewori - magische Kunst aus dem Regenwald.
• Magic art from the rain forest

Subjects

• Karawari River Region (Papua New Guinea) > Social life and customs > Exhibitions
• Wood-carving, Papuan > Papua New Guinea > Karawari River Region > Exhibitions
• Wood-carvers > Papua New Guinea > Karawari River Region > Exhibitions
• Wood-carved figurines > Papua New Guinea > Karawari River Region > Exhibitions
• Wood-carving > Papua New Guinea > Karawari River Region > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

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

Note

• Catalog of an exhibition held at the Museum der Kulturen Basel.
• "A unique collection of wood sculptures from Papua New Guinea"--Cover.

Bibliography (note)

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

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

• 9780824828196
• 0824828194
• 1863332499
• 9781863332491

OCLC

• ocm55222851
• 55222851
• SCSB-1349032

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library