The spirit with no anus and the pots that fart: ceramics of life and death in Northwest Amazonia
This paper takes as its starting point the story of a spirit with no anus whose inability to fart leads to his death and transformation into clay. In particular, it examines the relationship between pottery trumpets associated with this spirit (played in exchange ceremonies) and bark Jurupary trumpe...
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Main Author: | Stephen Hugh-Jones |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Société des américanistes
2023-07-01
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Series: | Journal de la Société des Américanistes |
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Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/jsa/21930 |
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