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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| Médium: | Artigo |
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Société des océanistes
2018
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| On-line přístup: | 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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