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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463732403321

Titolo

Drawing with great needles : ancient tattoo traditions of North America / / edited by Aaron Deter-Wolf and Carol Diaz-Granados

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin : , : University of Texas Press, , 2013

ISBN

0-292-74913-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (312 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Deter-WolfAaron <1976->

Diaz-GranadosCarol <1943->

Disciplina

391.6/5

Soggetti

Indian art - North America

Indians of North America - Social life and customs

Tattooing - North America - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction (Carol Diaz-Granados and Aaron Deter-Wolf)""; ""1. Native American Tattooing in the Protohistoric Southeast (Antoinette B. Wallace)""; ""2. Needle in a Haystack: Examining the Archaeological Evidence for Prehistoric Tattooing (Aaron Deter-Wolf)""; ""3. Swift Creek Paddle Designs as Tattoos: Ethnographic Insights on Prehistoric Body Decoration and Material Culture (Benjamin A. Steere)""; ""4. Tattoos, Totem Marks, and War Clubs: Projecting Power through Visual Symbolism in Northern Woodlands Culture (Lars Krutak)""

""5. The Art of Enchantment: Corporeal Marking and Tattooing Bundles of the Great Plains (Lars Krutak)""""6. Identifying the Face of the Sacred: Tattooing the Images of Gods and Heroes in the Art of the Mississippian Period (F. Kent Reilly III)""; ""7. Dhegihan Tattoos: Markings That Consecrate, Empower, and Designate Lineage (James R. Duncan)""; ""8. Snaring Life from the Stars and the Sun: Mississippian Tattooing and the Enduring Cycle of Life and Death (David H. Dye)""; ""References""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""