The Yamana Canoe: The Marine Tradition of the Aborigines of Tierra Del Fuego

The Marine Tradition of the Aborigines of Tierra del Fuego The reconstruction of a Yamana-fashion bark canoe unveils the life-style of an extinct race that used to master the Fuegian channels dominating the waters of one of the most merciless regions in the world. The present work is a thorough maritime ethnography study that confronts bark canoes and building techniques from different places around the world ranging from Australia to the Orinoco and from Newfoundland to the Solomon Islands. This volume includes unpublished photographs, various appendixes, terms from the Fuegian canoeists language, illustrations, maps and other contributions valuable both for experts and readers interested in the everyday life of a people vanished from the Earth for ever. La reconstruccion de una canoa de corteza a la usanza yamana, desnuda la forma de vida de una raza ahora extinguida y que se??ore?? entre los canales fueguinos, dominando las aguas en una de las regiones mas despiadadas del globo. En esta profunda investigacion de etnografia maritima se comparan canoas de corteza y tecnicas de diversos lugares del mundo, desde Australia al Orinoco y desde Terranova a las Islas Salomon. Se incluyen fotografias nunca antes publicadas, diversos apendices, terminologia del lenguaje de los canoeros fueguinos, ilustraciones, mapas y otros elementos valiosos, tanto para el especialista como para el lector interesado en la vida cotidiana de un pueblo desaparecido para siempre de la faz de la tierra.
ASIN: 187956890X
VSKU: BVV.187956890X.A
Condition: Acceptable
Author/Artist:Vairo, Carlos Pedro
Binding: Paperback
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