Jonathan D. Hill is a professor of anthropology at Southern Illinois University. He is the editor or author of several books, including Made-from-Bone: Trickster Myths, Music, and History from the Amazon. Jean-Pierre Chaumeil is a senior researcher at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France). He is the author or editor of several books in Spanish and French.

"This well-conceived and very well executed volume marks a major advance in discussions of the significance of aerophones and sound over a large area of South America."-Anthony Seeger, Journal of Anthropological Research

• List of Illustrations Overture Jonathan D. Hill and Jean-Pierre ChaumeilFirst Movement: Natural Sounds, Wind Instruments, and Social Communication1. Speaking Tubes: The Sonorous Language of Yagua Flutes Jean-Pierre Chaumeil2. Leonardo, the Flute: On the Sexual Life of Sacred Flutes among the Xinguano Indians Rafael José de Menezes Bastos3. Soundscaping the World: The Cultural Poetics of Power and Meaning in Wakuénai Flute Music Jonathan Hill4. Hearing without Seeing: Sacred Flutes as the Medium for an Avowed Secret in Curripaco Masculine Ritual Nicolas Journet5. Flutes in the Warime: Musical Voices in the Piaroa World Alexander Mansutti Rodríguez6. Desire in Music: Soul-Speaking and the Power of Secrecy Marcelo FioriniSecond Movement: Musical Transpositions of Social Relations7. Archetypal Agents of Affinity: "Sacred" Flutes in the Guianas? Marc Brightman8. From Flutes to Boom Boxes: Traditions of Musical Symbolism and Change among the Waiwai of Southern Guyana Stephanie W. Alemán9. From Musical Poetics to Deep Language: The Ritual of the Wauja Sacred Flutes Acácio Tadeu de Camargo Piedade10. The Ritual of Iamurikuma and the Kawoká Flutes Maria Ignez Cruz Mello11. Spirits, Ritual Staging, and the Transformative Power of Music in the Upper Xingu Region Ulrike Printz12. An "Inca" Instrument at a "Nawa" Feast: Marubo Flutes and Alterity in Amazonian Context Javier Ruedas13. Arawakan Flute Cults of Lowland South America: The Domestication of Predation and the Production of Agentivity Robin WrightCoda: Historical and Comparative Perspectives14. Sacred Musical Instruments in Museums: Are They Sacred? Claudia Augustat15. Mystery Instruments Jean-Michel BeaudetContributors Index

Jonathan D. Hill is a professor of anthropology at Southern Illinois University. He is the editor or author of several books, including Made-from-Bone: Trickster Myths, Music, and History from the Amazon. Jean-Pierre Chaumeil is a senior researcher at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France). He is the author or editor of several books in Spanish and French.

"This well-conceived and very well executed volume marks a major advance in discussions of the significance of aerophones and sound over a large area of South America."-Anthony Seeger, Journal of Anthropological Research

• List of Illustrations Overture Jonathan D. Hill and Jean-Pierre ChaumeilFirst Movement: Natural Sounds, Wind Instruments, and Social Communication1. Speaking Tubes: The Sonorous Language of Yagua Flutes Jean-Pierre Chaumeil2. Leonardo, the Flute: On the Sexual Life of Sacred Flutes among the Xinguano Indians Rafael José de Menezes Bastos3. Soundscaping the World: The Cultural Poetics of Power and Meaning in Wakuénai Flute Music Jonathan Hill4. Hearing without Seeing: Sacred Flutes as the Medium for an Avowed Secret in Curripaco Masculine Ritual Nicolas Journet5. Flutes in the Warime: Musical Voices in the Piaroa World Alexander Mansutti Rodríguez6. Desire in Music: Soul-Speaking and the Power of Secrecy Marcelo FioriniSecond Movement: Musical Transpositions of Social Relations7. Archetypal Agents of Affinity: "Sacred" Flutes in the Guianas? Marc Brightman8. From Flutes to Boom Boxes: Traditions of Musical Symbolism and Change among the Waiwai of Southern Guyana Stephanie W. Alemán9. From Musical Poetics to Deep Language: The Ritual of the Wauja Sacred Flutes Acácio Tadeu de Camargo Piedade10. The Ritual of Iamurikuma and the Kawoká Flutes Maria Ignez Cruz Mello11. Spirits, Ritual Staging, and the Transformative Power of Music in the Upper Xingu Region Ulrike Printz12. An "Inca" Instrument at a "Nawa" Feast: Marubo Flutes and Alterity in Amazonian Context Javier Ruedas13. Arawakan Flute Cults of Lowland South America: The Domestication of Predation and the Production of Agentivity Robin WrightCoda: Historical and Comparative Perspectives14. Sacred Musical Instruments in Museums: Are They Sacred? Claudia Augustat15. Mystery Instruments Jean-Michel BeaudetContributors Index

Jonathan D. Hill is a professor of anthropology at Southern Illinois University. He is the editor or author of several books, including Made-from-Bone: Trickster Myths, Music, and History from the Amazon. Jean-Pierre Chaumeil is a senior researcher at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France). He is the author or editor of several books in Spanish and French.

"This well-conceived and very well executed volume marks a major advance in discussions of the significance of aerophones and sound over a large area of South America."-Anthony Seeger, Journal of Anthropological Research

• List of Illustrations Overture Jonathan D. Hill and Jean-Pierre ChaumeilFirst Movement: Natural Sounds, Wind Instruments, and Social Communication1. Speaking Tubes: The Sonorous Language of Yagua Flutes Jean-Pierre Chaumeil2. Leonardo, the Flute: On the Sexual Life of Sacred Flutes among the Xinguano Indians Rafael José de Menezes Bastos3. Soundscaping the World: The Cultural Poetics of Power and Meaning in Wakuénai Flute Music Jonathan Hill4. Hearing without Seeing: Sacred Flutes as the Medium for an Avowed Secret in Curripaco Masculine Ritual Nicolas Journet5. Flutes in the Warime: Musical Voices in the Piaroa World Alexander Mansutti Rodríguez6. Desire in Music: Soul-Speaking and the Power of Secrecy Marcelo FioriniSecond Movement: Musical Transpositions of Social Relations7. Archetypal Agents of Affinity: "Sacred" Flutes in the Guianas? Marc Brightman8. From Flutes to Boom Boxes: Traditions of Musical Symbolism and Change among the Waiwai of Southern Guyana Stephanie W. Alemán9. From Musical Poetics to Deep Language: The Ritual of the Wauja Sacred Flutes Acácio Tadeu de Camargo Piedade10. The Ritual of Iamurikuma and the Kawoká Flutes Maria Ignez Cruz Mello11. Spirits, Ritual Staging, and the Transformative Power of Music in the Upper Xingu Region Ulrike Printz12. An "Inca" Instrument at a "Nawa" Feast: Marubo Flutes and Alterity in Amazonian Context Javier Ruedas13. Arawakan Flute Cults of Lowland South America: The Domestication of Predation and the Production of Agentivity Robin WrightCoda: Historical and Comparative Perspectives14. Sacred Musical Instruments in Museums: Are They Sacred? Claudia Augustat15. Mystery Instruments Jean-Michel BeaudetContributors Index