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Image-Makers:the social context of a hunter-gatherer ritual / (Record no. 128616)
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| 000 -LEADER | |
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| fixed length control field | 01667nam a2200169Ia 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781108498210 |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | ENG |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 759.01 |
| Item number | WIL |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Author name | Williams,David Lewis |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Image-Makers:the social context of a hunter-gatherer ritual / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | David Lewis-Williams |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st edition |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Cambridge, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2019. |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York: |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xix, 204 pages |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Worldwide, rock art images are often opaque to modern viewers. This book is based on authentic 1870s verbatim records of southern San beliefs, rituals and daily life, as well as on records of the lives and beliefs of the San who still live in the Kalahari Desert. Readers will be able to see how the practice of image-making fitted into southern San life. They will learn that San imagery is not simply about recording hunts and the animals they saw around them. Rather, the images helped to sustain the social status of those who made them. San beliefs and rituals, combined with specific features of what is painted on the rocks, show that the images were poised between the world of daily life and a sphere of highly important spiritual activity. Those who made the images and moved between these realms were respected, even feared, members of society. This book will be of interest to a wide readership as it provides insight into an image-making process that became extinct at the end of the nineteenth century. It shows that, far from being trivial, San rock art was embedded in San religion."-- Provided by publisher.includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Rock paintings,Art, San Themes, motives,Antiquities,Southern Africa |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | English Books |
| Koha item type | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Bill Number | Accession Number | Full call number | Withdrawn status | Lost status | Not for loan | Collection |
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| Reference | Kalaignar Centenary Library Madurai | Kalaignar Centenary Library Madurai | ஆறாம் தளம் / Sixth floor | 13/05/2023 | SINV00037/KML/CAMBRIDGE ONLINE | 276561 | 759.01 WIL | ENGLISH-REFERENCE BOOKS |