Abstract
The article provides a preliminary account of the canoes made and used by the Piro (Yine) people of the Urubamba river in Peruvian Amazonia, with a particular focus on the processes of construction, naming and crewing. The canoe, among these people, is a basic model of affinity, both male-female and male-male. The canoe and canoe journeys are a basic social model of space for these people, serving a symbolic function that usually falls to house and village space in indigenous Amazonian societies.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 39-61 |
| Journal | Journal de la Société des Américanistes |
| Volume | 98 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 |