Understanding geometrical features of Nuaulu shield design
This article seeks to elucidate the form and function of decorative designs on Nuaulu parrying shields from Seram, Indonesia. It builds on earlier work focusing on the shield as a sacred anthropomorphized entity with its own life-cycle, the reproduction of which mirrors the reproduction of sacred ho...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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Sage Publ.
[2019]
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Journal of material culture
Año: 2019, Volumen: 24, Número: 2, Páginas: 210-231 |
| Clasificaciones IxTheo: | AG Vida religiosa BB Religiones indígenas (de grupos étnicos) KBM Asia |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
geometric patterns
B Moluccas B formal variability B Shields B Indonesia |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Sumario: | This article seeks to elucidate the form and function of decorative designs on Nuaulu parrying shields from Seram, Indonesia. It builds on earlier work focusing on the shield as a sacred anthropomorphized entity with its own life-cycle, the reproduction of which mirrors the reproduction of sacred houses. It has previously been suggested that diversity in design elements is deliberately cultivated as part of a general aesthetic, connecting individuality, personhood and effervescence as features of living entities. Here the author examines the materiality of shields, documenting variation in design - especially patterns of ceramic and shell discs - and asks what significance should be attached to these. He concludes that the attribution of specific meanings to individual elements is of limited application, while the impact of the shields lies in variation itself, the perceptual affects shields have on viewers, and in abstract geometric characteristics that make them fit for ritual purpose. |
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| ISSN: | 1460-3586 |
| Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: Journal of material culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/1359183518803393 |