by RobinWright (Author), Michael J . Harner (Foreword)
Tells the life story of Mandu da Silva, the last living jaguar shaman among the Baniwa people in the northwest Amazon. In this original and engaging work, Robin M. Wright, who has known and worked with da Silva for more than thirty years, weaves the story of da Silva's life together with the Baniwas' society, history, mythology, cosmology, and jaguar shaman traditions.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 408
Edition: 0th edition
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 25 Jul 2013
ISBN 10: 0803243944
ISBN 13: 9780803243941