Click to enlargeTRIBAL DOORS of Central India by Renzo Freschi, 1983

A vast region of central India - the states of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Orissa - still harbours many tribes descended from the aborigines who, since the Aryan invasions, have been slowly but surely pushed into inaccessible and remote areas where they have continued to live. according to their own traditions. Some of these tribes still use bows and arrows and live from hunting, fishing and what they gather in the forest. Others practise a primitive form of agriculture, speak unwritten languages and transmit orally myths and traditions that set them apart from the much larger Hindu population.

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Paleopathology of kapala and damaru

Paleopathology of kapala and damaru: contribution of osteo-archaeology to their selection criteria

Par P. Charlier, I. Huynh-Charlier, F. Pannier et N. Bazin

in, Actes du colloque International sur les masques et arts tribaux de l'Himalaya -

Museum Cernuschi, Paris 2007.

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Microscopic study

Microscopic study of Nepalese shaman drums (dyangro)

Par P. Charlier, I. Huynh-Charlier, L. Brun et F. Pannier

in, Actes du colloque International sur les masques et arts tribaux de l'Himalaya -
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Medical Study

Medical study of a collection of Himalayan masks: icono-diagnosis of diseases of the face and neck.

Par P. Charlier, I. Huynh-Charlier, L. Brun et F. Pannier

in, Actes du colloque International sur les masques et arts tribaux de l'Himalaya -
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BECOMING AN ANTHROPOLOGIST 1966-1971

by Alan Macfarlane

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