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Not just a pretty face : dolls and human figurines in Alaska Native cultures / edited by Molly C. Lee ; with contributions by Angela J. Linn, Chase Hensel, James H. Barker.

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Not just a pretty face : dolls and human figurines in Alaska Native cultures / edited by Molly C. Lee ; with contributions by Angela J. Linn, Chase Hensel, James H. Barker.
Publication
Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, c2006.

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Additional Authors
  • Lee, Molly.
  • Linn, Angela J.
  • Hensel, Chase.
  • Barker, James H.
  • University of Alaska Museum
Description
viii, 71 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (1 col.), ports.; 28 cm.
Summary
"Now in a full-color second edition, Not Just a Pretty Face is an engaging exploration of the role of dolls and doll making in Alaska Native cultures. From ancient ivory carvings to the thriving tourist market, dolls and human figurines have played integral parts in the ritual, economic, and social lives of Native Alaskans. Dolls served as children's playthings, represented absent community members at ceremonies, and predicted the movements of game animals for shamans. Not Just a Pretty Face surveys these and other uses of dolls and figurines, illustrating in beautiful color photographs the diversity of the doll-making tradition in Eskimo, Athabaskan, and Northwest Coast Native communities."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • University of Alaska Museum > Exhibitions
  • Eskimo dolls > Alaska > Exhibitions
  • Inuit dolls > Alaska > Exhibitions
  • Indian dolls > Alaska > Exhibitions
  • Figurines > Alaska > Exhibitions
  • Small sculpture > Alaska > Exhibitions
  • Dollmaking > Alaska > Exhibitions
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs
Note
  • Written to accompany an exhibition held in 1999 at the University of Alaska Museum.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [65]-68) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Intimates and effigies: dolls and human figurines in Alaska Native cultures / Angela J. Linn and Molly Lee -- Playing for real: scholarly perspectives on Alaska Native play and ritual / Angela J. Linn -- Everything old is new again: interviewing Alaska Native doll makers / Chase Hensel -- Rosalie Paniyak: a portrait / Angela J. Linn and James H. Barker.
ISBN
  • 1889963852 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781889963853
LCCN
^^2005032846
OCLC
  • 70162315
  • SCSB-10438889
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