Caribbean Figure Pendants: Style and Subject Matter

This 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...

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Main Author:	James Knight, Vernon (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Sidestone Press 2020
Series:	Taboui
Subjects:	Caribbean archaeology Greater Antilles Bahamas style iconography art religion figure pendants spirit beings
Online Access:	Open access – download the full text (archived at NCDS Library)
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