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Symbolic blood: cloths for excised women
No full textThe most interesting problems in fieldwork usually arise when one runs into outright unhelpfulness on the part of informants. When I first arrived in Kolokani, armed with photographs of numerous mud cloths from European museums, I was puzzled by the reaction to one particular image: the Basiae cloth. At the sight of this pattern, my informants burst into embarrassed laughter then became mute. Several months later I observed a N'Gale cloth and was equally confused by Fatmata Traore's reluctance to paint its black and white stripes on the wrapper I offered her. Why should these two cloths, the Basiae and N'Gale, arouse such resistance? No one was reluctant to explain the meanings of other patterns. Do these cloths have a different kind of meaning; if so, what is it?Copyright © by the President and Fellows of Harvard College. Originally printed in Res: Anthropology and Aesthetics, Issue 3, Spring 1982 (pp. 15-31). All rights reserved. No part of this article may be reproduced without permission of the Peabody Museum Press.Peer reviewed"Spring 1982
When is an object finished? The creation of the invisible among the Bamana of Mali
No full textMy aim is to investigate the way in which two interrelated African societies, the Bamana and Malinke of Mali, West Africa, viewed the production of art. It will explore Bamana and Malinke ideas about when an art object is 'finished' and why the ending of an object's 'life' is so fraught with danger for its user.Copyright © by the President and Fellows of Harvard College. Originally printed in Res: Anthropology and Aesthetics, Issue 39, Spring 2001 (pp. 102-136). All rights reserved. No part of this article may be reproduced without permission of the Peabody Museum Press.Peer reviewed"Spring 2001
The mouth of the Komo
No full textMy purpose is to reexamine the significance of the Bamana and Malinke Komo mask in the light of new data collected in the Kita and Beledugu regions of Mali, West Africa. This information suggests that the headdress incorporates several levels of meaning and that an intense concern with the control of masculine sexuality and the mastery of human reproduction informs one of the less easily accessible, but crucially important, metaphors that lie concealed within the mask. The data also suggests that a deep-seated fear of the female sex is an important motivation for the creation of secret male associations and the artworks used in them.Copyright © by the President and Fellows of Harvard College. Originally printed in Res: Anthropology and Aesthetics, Issue 31, Spring 1997 (pp. 71-96). All rights reserved. No part of this article may be reproduced without permission of the Peabody Museum Press.Peer reviewed"Spring 1997
Adaptation and resilience of commercial fishers in the Northeast United States during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic
No full textDataset associated with paper "Adaptation and resilience of commercial fishers in the Northeast United States during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic". This data set includes responses to a survey of commercial fishers in the Northeast U.S. about the responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, including their fishing behaviors, landings, effort, and adaptations
Dinoxyleborus Smith, a new genus of Neotropical xyleborine ambrosia beetle (Coleoptera, Curculionidae: Scolytinae)
No full textSmith, Sarah M. (2017): Dinoxyleborus Smith, a new genus of Neotropical xyleborine ambrosia beetle (Coleoptera, Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4303 (1): 131-139, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4303.1.
The bark and ambrosia beetles of Bhutan (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae and Platypodinae): a synopsis with three new species of Scolytinae
No full textBeaver, Roger A., Smith, Sarah M. (2022): The bark and ambrosia beetles of Bhutan (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae and Platypodinae): a synopsis with three new species of Scolytinae. Zootaxa 5174 (1): 1-24, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5174.1.
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