Transformations of Wood in Costa Rican Artisan Traditions

 

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Autore: Chang Vargas, Giselle
Natura: artículo original
Data di pubblicazione:2008
Descrizione:Costa Rica is known for its biodiversity, evident in thevariety of tropical woods available for elaboration into a widerange of objects. These include masks, bows and arrows,sculptures, troughs, furniture, yokes, wheels and oxcarts.Cultural diversity in wood products is manifest in diverseplaces of origin, ethnicities of woodworkers, and knowledgeand techniques. Transformations proceed not only in thematerial—a piece of wood—but also in the socioculturalmeanings of the object produced: traditional or innovative,change vs. continuity in domestic, decorative or ritual uses;function in work and play; and broader dimensions ofcommercialization, sustainability and identity
Stato:Kérwá
Istituzione:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Kérwá
Lingua:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:kerwa.ucr.ac.cr:10669/83077
Accesso online:https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1525/awr.2007.28.2.13
https://hdl.handle.net/10669/83077
Keyword:Costa Rica
Artisan traditions
Technological change
Wood