Guardians of the Life Stream: Shamans, Art and Power in Prehispanic Central Panama - Softcover

Labbe, Armand J.

 
9780963395931: Guardians of the Life Stream: Shamans, Art and Power in Prehispanic Central Panama

Synopsis

NEW - COLLECTIBLE Soft cover BRAND NEW & Collectible. First Edition, First Thus. Fine copy of a most excellent monograph on stylistic patterns in ceramics and goldwork of pre-Columbian art of Panama. Massachusette-born anthropologist, educator, and author Armand Joseph Labbe (1944 - 2005) was Chief Curator of the Bowers Museum of Cultural Art in Santa Ana, California. 168 pgs, illustrated with superb photography, reviews shamanistic symbolism in the art of ancient Panama. Brief Chronological Outline of Panamanian History precedes 7 chapters: I, Introduction; II, Central Panama: A Ceramic Art History; III, The Central Region: Changes of Time: An Art Historical Overview; IV, Neotropical & New World Shamanism; V, Mapping & Structuring the Shamanic Universe; VI, Paradigms & Models: Key to Understanding the Inherent Dualism of the Shamanic Cosmos; and VII, Context & Meaning in the Art of Central Panama., followed by Glossay.

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