EXPRESSING BEAUTY: THE COMMUNICABILITY OF THE AMERINDIANS GRAPHICAL PATTERNS

In this paper I analyse some drawings and graphic practices realized by the South American Indians Wayãpi of French Guyana. The purpose here is to explore the communicative and metamorphic patterns that define this esthetical practice. To do so ethnographic examples of practices and uses of these bo...

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Main Author: Silvia Lopes da Silva Macedo
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul 2007-12-01
Series:Espaço Ameríndio
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Online Access:http://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/EspacoAmerindio/article/view/2527