Karawari carved crocodiles: From spirit-beings to museum artefacts

The Karawari River region of East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, is renowned for its lengthy, carved wooden crocodiles. These spirit-beings were kept in men’s houses and had an important role in headhunting and war expeditions, initiation rituals, hunting trips, and during periods of epidemics. K...

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1. Verfasser:	Telban, Borut
Format:	Artigo
Sprache:	Inglês
Veröffentlicht:	Société des océanistes 2018
Schlagworte:	esprits Papouasie Nouvelle-Guinée sculpture crocodile rêves art du Sepik spirits Papua New Guinea dreams carved crocodiles Sepik art
Online-Zugang:	https://doi.org/10.4000/jso.8838 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13089/haaq https://journals.openedition.org/jso/8838
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