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049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aKnight, Vernon J., _eauthor. _9229153
245	1	0	_aCaribbean figure pendants : _bstyle and subject matter : anthropomorphic figure pendants of the late Ceramic Age in the Greater Antilles / _cVernon James Knight.
264		1	_aLeiden : _bSidestone Press, _c[2020]
300			_a1 online resource (240 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aTaboui ; _vno. 7
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
520	8		_aThis work synthesizes art-historical and anthropological methods in the analysis of a large corpus of indigenous figure pendants, commonly called "amulets", from the Greater Antilles and Bahamas. Figure pendants, ubiquitous in Caribbean collections, are small carvings of spirit beings perforated for suspension against the body. The data are drawn from new photographs, measurements, and observations of 535 specimens compiled by the author during 2011-2018 in research visits to 34 museums and private collections in the Caribbean, the United States, and Europe. In analyzing this corpus, the author documents high stylistic diversity within the region, naming nine new figure pendant styles and situating these in space and time. This high diversity of local styles and subject matter suggests a previously undocumented religious pluralism in the ancient Caribbean, in accord with emergent understandings of cultural and political diversity within the region. The author finds that the subject matter of figure pendants is unconnected with elite cohoba spiritualism as documented ethnohistorically, which leads to a search for what the phenomenon represents socially and religiously. Figure pendants generally are far more common than the paraphernalia of cohoba, probably documenting the existence of a religious institution existing at the village level. The author hypothesizes that they were commissioned from pendant carvers by initiates of secret societies dedicated to healing or warfare. In this scenario, the supernatural subjects of the pendants were the patrons of regional sodalities with distinct histories. The book is intended for readers with interests in the indigenous art, religion and society of the ancient Caribbean and more broadly, Latin America
588	0		_aPrint version record.
590			_aeBooks on EBSCOhost _bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide
650		0	_aAmulets _zCaribbean Area. _91255357
651		0	_aCaribbean Area _xAntiquities. _9218899
650		0	_aFigure sculpture _zCaribbean Area. _91255358
650		6	_aAmulettes _zCaraïbes (Région) _91255359
651		6	_aCaraïbes (Région) _xAntiquités. _9991589
650		6	_aSculpture de figures humaines _zCaraïbes (Région) _91255360
650		7	_aAmulets. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00808063 _91132971
650		7	_aAntiquities. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00810745 _992125
650		7	_aFigure sculpture. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00924084 _9905121
651		7	_aCaribbean Area. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01244080 _988006
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aKnight, Vernon James. _tCaribbean figure pendants: Style and subject matter. Anthropomorphic figure pendants of the late Ceramic Age in the Greater Antilles. _dLeiden : Sidestone Press 2020 _z9789088908705 _w(OCoLC)1138930991
830		0	_aTaboui ; _vno. 7. _9758678
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