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Author Helms, Mary W.

Title The Curassow's crest : myths and symbols in the ceramics of ancient Panama / Mary W. Helms.

Imprint Gainesville, Fla. : University Press of Florida, c2000.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  972.8721 H369cu    ---  Available
Description xii, 190 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-185) and index.
Contents Animals and elites -- The jaws of the serpent -- The Curassow and the deer -- The iguana-boa -- Great mother/great father -- The ocean/the shore -- Y-elements and animals -- Making connections.
Subject Indian pottery -- Panama -- Cocle (Province) -- Themes, motives.
Indian mythology -- Panama -- Cocle (Province)
Indians of Central America -- Panama -- Cocle (Province) -- Antiquities.
Conte Site (Panama)
Cocle (Panama : Province) -- Antiquities.
ISBN 0813017467 (alk. paper)

 
    
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