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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.

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Description

160 p. : ill. (some col.); 27 cm.

Subject

Shields > Great Plains
Indian armor > Great Plains
Bears > Symbolic aspects
Indian art > Great Plains > Themes, motives

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.

ISBN

9783895101281
3895101281

OCLC

ocn761858748
761858748
SCSB-1629211

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library