Vanishing worlds
Subtitle: art and ritual in Amazonia
By: Adam Mekler, curator ; Dirk Van Tuerenhout, contributor ; Daphne Lane Beneke, editor ; with an introduction by Russell A. Mittermeier ; illustrated by Winfield Coleman
Contributors: Houston Museum of Natural Science; Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University
Publisher: Houston Museum of Natural Science
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Houston, TX
Language: eng
Number of pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9780964034808
Subjects: Indians of South America; Exhibitions; Material culture; Indian art; Indiens d'Amérique; Expositions
Description: Today, the Amazon is one of the world's most diversified regions, encompassing the rainforests of northeastern South America and the vibrant cultures of approximately 200 Indian tribes. Invisible to modern society, some of these are the last people of the new world who retain their pre-conquest culture.--Publisher website.
Notes: Exhibition held at the Cantor Art Center, Stanford University, May 25-August 21, 2005, and at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, June 6-September 9, 2005.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 146-148).
Table of contents: title: The Ka'apor; title: The Karaja; title: The Xingu area tribes; title: The Kayapo; title: The Ticuna; title: The Shipibo-Conibo; title: The Shuar; title: The Jivaroam conundrum.