Book
Yena: art and ceremony in a Sepik society
Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford • Oxford • Published In 1983 • Pages: xii, 179 , [32] of plates
By: Bowden, Ross.
Abstract
This book describes the function and symbolism of sculptures displayed in important ceremonials (yena) of the Kwoma, an indegenous ethnic group living in the Middle Sepik region of Papua New Guinea. These sculptures are curved, painted, ornamented and decorated in different styles to reflect specific designes revealed by spirits to the owners in dreams. The book discusses the meanings of these designes and styles as related to Kwoma's notions of gender relations, warfare and fertitlity.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2010
- Region
- Oceania
- Sub Region
- Melanesia
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2008
- Field Date
- 1972-1974
- Coverage Date
- 1970-1980
- Coverage Place
- Middle Sepik region, Papua New Guinea
- Notes
- Ross Bowden ; with a foreword by Rodney Needham
- Includes bibliographical references(p. 172-177) and index
- LCCN
- 84158524
- LCSH
- Kwoma (Papua New Guinean people)--Rites and ceremonies