Transformations of Wood in Costa Rican Artisan Traditions

 

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作者: Chang Vargas, Giselle
格式: artículo original
Fecha de Publicación:2008
实物特征: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
País:Kérwá
机构:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Kérwá
语言:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:kerwa.ucr.ac.cr:10669/83077
在线阅读:https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1525/awr.2007.28.2.13
https://hdl.handle.net/10669/83077
Palabra clave:Costa Rica
Artisan traditions
Technological change
Wood