Kaiapó : Amazonia : the art of body decoration / edited by Gustaaf Verswijver ; contributing authors Viviane Baeke, Terence Turner, Lux Vidal.

By: Verswijver, Gustaaf Hubert
Contributor(s): Baeke, Viviane | Turner, Terence | Vidal, Lux | Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale
Language: English Publisher: Tervuren; Gent : Royal Museum for Central Africa; Snoeck-Ducaju & Zoon, 1992.Description: 198p. : ill., map, photos. (chiefly col.), tables ; 31cm.
Contents:
Contents: Between village and forest / G. Verswijver; Symbolic language of bodily adornment / T. Turner; Body painting among the Kaiapó / L. Vidal & G. Verswijver; The feathers make the man / G. Verswijver; Only you may wear my ornament / G. Verswijver; Body painting in Africa / V. Baeke.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book British Museum Africa Oceania and the Americas Closed Stacks qKUP [VER-] (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available M25480
Total holds: 0

Published to accompany the exhibition Kaiapó, held at the Musée Royale de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, 1992.

Bibl.: p. 195-196.

Contents: Between village and forest / G. Verswijver; Symbolic language of bodily adornment / T. Turner; Body painting among the Kaiapó / L. Vidal & G. Verswijver; The feathers make the man / G. Verswijver; Only you may wear my ornament / G. Verswijver; Body painting in Africa / V. Baeke.