Editore: Dulles, Virginia, U.S.A.: Brill Academic Pub, 1997
ISBN 10: 9004099336 ISBN 13: 9789004099333
Da: Masalai Press, Oakland, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 235 pp. + 39 plates, illustrations, bibliography, index. This book defines the development of the Karen Bronze Drums (Heger Type III) during the past 800 years, as the continuation, by a hill-tribe group, of the earlier "Dong Son" tradition. Its chronological development is traced through seven stages by applying a method of intensive motivic analysis to data collected from 370 drums. Four new subtypes are defined and their interrelationships are demonstrated by use of tables, figures and plates. The meaning of these motivic changes, together with early accounts of Karen culture, are used to establish that the drums were symbolically a "magic pond" that the Karen ritually manipulated to assure prosperity. 0.0.