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Edited by Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn. Essays by Luiz Boglr, Lelia Delgado, Gabriele Herzog-Schrder, Marie-Claude Mattei-Mller, and Ulrike Prinz.

Since the discovery of the "New World", Indian societies have been fighting the process of cultural alienation. Some have managed to preserve their identity while others have successfully come to terms with what is new. Representative of these cultures are the societies living between the Upper Orinoco in Venezuela and Parima Mountain Range. This is the region of the legendary Lake Parima where "El Dorado", the golden man was said to have lived. In the 50s, Edgardo Gonzalez Nino lived among the Amazon Indians and gathered examples of these cultures. On the Upper Orinoco, he collected over a thousand objects which, a few years ago, were acquired by the Fundacin Cisneros in Caracas. This book presents this amazing collection, containing masks, ritual objects, ornaments, feather decorations, cooking utensils, and weapons. Essays by acknowledged experts provide excellent insights into the relationships between the material and spiritual culture of these groups of Indians.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #2222251 in Books
• Published on: 2000-03-01
• Released on: 2000-04-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 264 pages