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Author Escobar, Ticio, 1947- author.

Title The curse of Nemur : in search of the art, myth, and ritual of the Ishir / Ticio Escobar ; translated by Adriana Michele Campos Johnson ; foreword by Michael Taussig
Published Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2007
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Description 1 online resource (326 pages) : illustrations, photographs
Series Illuminations: Cultural Formations of the Americas
Illuminations (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Contents Introduction -- The great myth -- Feathers and featherwork -- Corporal painting -- The rite -- The path of the shamans -- The history
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Translated from the Spanish
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Subject Chamacoco mythology.
Chamacoco Indians -- Religion
Chamacoco Indians -- Rites and ceremonies
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Chamacoco Indians -- Religion
Chamacoco mythology
Sachkultur
Mythos
Ritual
Schamanismus
Tomaráxo
Chamacoco-indianen (volk)
Mythologie.
Religieuze gebruiken.
Mythen -- Chamacoco.
Schamanismus -- Chamacoco.
Federschmuck -- Chamacoco.
Religion.
Mythologie.
Ritus.
Schamanismus.
Gran Chaco
Chamacoco.
Chamacoco (Volk)
Form Electronic book
Author Johnson, Adriana Michele Campos, translator
Taussig, Michael, author of introduction, etc
ISBN 9780822973096
082297309X