The animal substitute
Subtitle: an ethnological perspective on the origin of image-making and art
By: Marjolein Efting Dijkstra
Publisher: Eburon
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Delft
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9789059724228
Subjects: Prehistoric Art; Birds in art; Human-animal relationships; Folk art; Animal forms; Decoys (Hunting); Animal welfare; Waterfowl in art; Animals in art; Animal sculpture; Fowling; Decoration and ornament; Material culture in art; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-295) and index.
Table of contents: title: Utilitarian substitution and the roots of image-making; title: The substituted duck : a diachronic approach; title: Toward a goose substitute : a synchronic approach; title: The drifting decoy : from utilitarian substitute to art; title: Afterword : the riddle of Palaeolithic 'art'.