La face cachée de l’ancestralité. Masques et affinité chez les Matis d’Amazonie brésilienne
Faces from the past. Masks, ancestors and affines of the Matis (Amazonas, Brazil). This paper shows how Matis masks reveal Western Amazonian conceptions of temporality and generational continuity. After a discussion of the ceremonial aspects of the masquerade and of the ontological characteristics a...
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| Language: | English |
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Société des américanistes
2004-01-01
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| Series: | Journal de la Société des Américanistes |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/jsa/510 |