Along an African border : Angolan refugees and their divination baskets /
The divination baskets of south Central Africa are woven for a specific purpose. The baskets, known as lipele, contain sixty or so small articles, from seeds, claws, and minuscule horns to wooden carvings. Each article has its own name and symbolic meaning, and collectively they are known as jipelo....
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Main Author: | Silva, Sónia |
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
2011.
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Series: | Contemporary ethnography.
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