On the odour of the soul; Spatial representation and olfactory classification in Eastern Indonesia and Western Melanesia

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2851071
AutoresD Howes (0000-0002-6199-4358, Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies, autor de correspondencia)
Año1988
Volumen144
Número1
Páginas84-113
Fecha de publicación1988-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaBijdragen tot de taal- land- en volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0006-2294 • E-ISSN: 2213-4379
EditorialWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1163/22134379-90003308
OpenAlexW2094391615
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas20
Referencias citadas17

Just as time and space are not perceived by the vast majority of human societies as a regular continuum and grid, so the [sensorium] is rarely thought of in strictly biological terms . . .The five senses are given different emphases and different meanings in different societies.A certain sense may be privileged as a sensory mode.It is important to analyse how people think they perceive.' Anthony Seeger (1981:80-81).7 This description of a Keiese coffin is based on the model in the collection of the Leiden Volkenkundig Museum (item 'Kei 1889/13').Incidentally, lime is also used for treating corpses in the Kei Islands, at least in myth, where it appears to be credited with the power of arresting putrefaction (Geurtjens 1924:52-55

Coffin · Representation · Soul · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies