dimarts, 3 / novembre / 2009

Steven Brown

cognitive neuroscientist
& neuroartsologist

http://www.sfu.ca/psyc/brown/

Molt interessant!!!

dimarts, 1 / setembre / 2009

Historical Dances, 12th to 19th Century: Their Manner of Performance and Their Place in the Social Life of the Time (Paperback)

dijous, 27 / agost / 2009

Evenki drum baton

Evenki drum baton - Eastern Siberia, Enisei Guberniya; Late 19th century; Evenk (Tungus); Wood, leather, mammoth bone.

The wooden baton is covered with reindeer skin. A plate of mammoth bone with metal anthropomorphic figures is attached to the back side. An anthropomorphic image symbolizing the guardian spirit of the Evenk shaman is carved in the handle of the baton. The baton was one of the first attributes received by the shaman. Its name, gis or gisun literally means "speaking, object for speaking-foretelling." The baton was considered a live mediator between the human world and the spirit world. It was with the baton's help that the shaman would obtain answers put by fellow tribesmen.