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Shapono / [Yanomami Owë Mamotima, Laura Anderson Barbata].
Penn Museum Library - Locked Cases (ask staff) Folio F2520.1.Y3 Y366 1996 1 v. + card
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Yanomami Owë Mamotima (Organization), issuing body.
- Hakihiiwë, Sheroanawë, author, autographer.
- Language:
- English
- South American Indian (Other)
- Subjects (All):
- Yanomamo Indians--Venezuela--Folklore.
- Yanomamo Indians.
- Indians of South America--Venezuela--Folklore.
- Indians of South America.
- Handmade paper.
- Hand-printed books.
- Block printing.
- Dwellings.
- Yanomamo language.
- Yanomamo painting.
- Legends.
- Folklore.
- Venezuela.
- Venezuela--Amazonas.
- Folklore--Venezuela--Amazonas.
- Legends--Venezuela--Amazonas.
- Yanomamo painting--Venezuela.
- Yanomamo language--Texts.
- Dwellings--Venezuela--Amazonas--Folklore.
- Block printing--Venezuela--Amazonas.
- Hand-printed books--Venezuela--Amazonas.
- Handmade paper--Venezuela--Amazonas.
- Genre:
- Folklore.
- Texts.
- Artists' books -- Venezuela -- Amazonas.
- Authors' autographs (Provenance)
- Limitation statements (Publishing)
- Penn Provenance:
- Hakihiiwë, Sheroanawë (autograph) (Museum Library Locked Case copy)
- Physical Description:
- 1 unnumbered leaf, 6 leaves, 1 unnumbered leaf : illustrations ; 32 cm + 1 printed card (10 x 10 cm) in a linen-covered clamshell box 37 cm
- Other Title:
- Printed on front of box: Yanomami Owë Mamotima, Laura Anderson Barbata
- Place of Publication:
- Platanal, Amazonas [Venezuela] : Escuela Intercultural Bilingüe Yanomami, 1996 [that is, 2000]
- Language Note:
- Text in Yanomami language. Publication information on accompanying card in English.
- Notes:
- Illustrated folktale of the brothers who taught the Yanomami how to build a house. Block printed book on handmade paper sewn with thread to a split stick spine; first and last leaves serve as covers. Tissue paper guard sheets loosely inserted.
- Date "1996" in cut on back cover; each of the last three numbers is inverted.
- "This is ... a limited edition of 50. Made in the Yanomami Community of Platanal in the state of Amazonas of Venezuela in November of 2000 ... the result of a community effort and collaboration involving the elders, scholars and youth working in the self-development project Yanomami Owe Mamotima ... signed by the leader of this project"--Printed card laid in.
- "The paper is hand made using abaca, the thread is kurathasi, and the pigment on the spine is onoto. The cover is a blend of shiki with abaca. The plates are rubber and printed using a water based ink"--Printed card laid in.
- Accompanied by: "Yanomami Owë Mamotima Paper" = "Papel Yanomami Owë Mamotima" (1 sheet ; 22 x 28 cm); "Traducción del texto del libro Shapono" = "Translation of the text from the book Shapono" (1 sheet : color illustrations, portraits ; 22 x 28 cm); flier advertising Shapono and the Amazon paper project, including the Best Book of the Year Award bestowed on it in 1999 by the Venezuelan Ministry of Education (1 sheet : illustrations (some color), portraits. ; 22 x 28 cm.).
- Local Notes:
- Museum Rare copy imperfect: accompanying sheets "Yanomami Owë Mamotima Paper," "Traducción del texto del libro Shapono" and flier advertising Shapono and the Amazon paper project wanting.
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George R. Gund Memorial Fund.
- Museum Rare copy is number 40 of a limited edition of 50 copies. See printed card with publication information.
- Museum Rare copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 20201 from Howard Karno Books.
- Museum Rare copy: clamshell case retained; leaves protected with tissue guards.
- OCLC:
- 54966610
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