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Bear shields of Plains Indians : motifs and meanings
- Title
- Bear shields of Plains Indians : motifs and meanings / Riku Hämäläinen.
- Author
- Hämäläinen, Riku.
- Publication
- Wyk auf Foehr, Germany : Tatanka Press, c2011.
- Supplementary Content
- Table of contents
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- Description
- 160 p. : ill. (some col.); 27 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Introduction. Aims and scope of the study ; Questions reconsidered and methodical contemplation ; Previous studies ; Materials of the study ; The Plains Indians and the Plains culture area concept -- Methodical considerations. The study of the Plains Indian shields : some observations concerning previous studies and future tasks ; Mato-Tope's knife and Crazy Horse's shield : use of ethnographic objects as cultural documents ; The family of the Plains Indian religions -- Bear shields reviewed. A forgotten Comanche shield? : highlight of my research work ; Bear power motifs on Plains Indian shields -- Reinterpretations. Bear ceremonialism and its environmental integration among the Subarctic and Plains Indians ; Individualism and collectivism in the Plains Indians' visions and visionary art -- conclusions.
- Call Number
- JGF 12-116
- ISBN
- 9783895101281
- 3895101281
- OCLC
- 761858748
- Author
- Hämäläinen, Riku.
- Title
- Bear shields of Plains Indians : motifs and meanings / Riku Hämäläinen.
- Imprint
- Wyk auf Foehr, Germany : Tatanka Press, c2011.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- JGF 12-116