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The palm and the Pleiades : initiation and cosmology in northwest Amazonia / Stephen Hugh-Jones.
Penn Museum Library F2270.2.B27 H83
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hugh-Jones, Stephen, 1945-
- Series:
- Cambridge studies in social anthropology ; 24.
- Cambridge studies in social anthropology ; 24
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Barasana Indians--Rites and ceremonies.
- Barasana Indians.
- Barasana Indians--Religion and mythology.
- Indians of South America--Colombia--Rites and ceremonies.
- Indians of South America.
- Indians of South America--Colombia--Religion and mythology.
- Rites and ceremonies.
- Colombia.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 332 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1979.
- Notes:
- Based on the author's thesis, Cambridge University, 1974, which was presented under title: Male initiation and cosmology among the Barasana Indians of the Vaupés area of Colombia.
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages 317-322.
- ISBN:
- 0521219523
- OCLC:
- 3844698
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