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Author : Allen Wardwell,American Federation of Arts
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1986-01-01
Category : Bering Strait Region Antiquities Exhibitions
ISBN : 0933920504
Author : William W. Fitzhugh,Julia J. Hollowell,Aron Crowell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Art
ISBN : STANFORD:36105215309001
The appearance during the first millennium A.D. of small, exquisitely carved artifacts of walrus ivory in the Bering Strait region marks the beginning of an extraordinary florescence in the art and culture of North America. The discovery in the 1930s and 1940s of world-class carvings of animals, mythical beasts, shape-shifting creatures, masks, and human figurines astounded scholars and excited collectors. Nevertheless, the extraordinary objects that belong to this fascinating, sometimes frightening, world of hunting-related art remain largely unknown. Gifts from the Ancestors examines ancient ivories from the coast of Bering Strait, western Alaska, and the islands in between--illuminating their sophisticated formal aesthetic, cultural complexity, and individual histories. Many of the pieces discussed are from recent Russian excavations and are presented here for the first time in English; others are from private collections not usually open to the public. The essays, written by an international group of scholars, adopt a refreshing interdisciplinary approach that gives voice to the various competing, and now sometimes cooperating, stakeholders, including Native groups, museums, archaeologists, art historians, art dealers, and private collectors.
Author : Allen Wardwell,American Federation of Arts
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : WISC:89058381344
Author : Henry N. Michael,Sergei I. Rudenko
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1961-12-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781487591205
The original work, in Russian, appeared in 1947 and is still regarded as an important contribution to knowledge of the early history of the Eskimo. This translation makes available in English the results of archaeological research in a significant area, the extreme northeast of continental Asia, and the data reported are a valuable addition to previous information on the ethnology, linguistics and physical anthropology of the peoples of the Arctic. In particular this book reports investigations made by the author on the coast of the Chukchi Peninsula from the village of Uwelen in the north to the village of Sirhenik in the south. This is volume I in a series Anthropology of the North: Translations from Russian Sources being sponsored by the Arctic Institute of North America.
Author : Dorothy Jean Ray
Publisher : Kingston, Ont. : Limestone Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015009316905
Collection of articles, some of which have been previously published, on the history and culture of Inuit in the Bering Strait area of Alaska. Includes account of the Vasil'ev-Shishmareii expedition of 1819-22.
Author : Charles E. Hilton,Benjamin M. Auerbach,Libby W. Cowgill
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107022508
Sixty years after their discovery, this is the first anthropological synthesis of the ancient Arctic foragers of Point Hope, Alaska.
Author : Richard C. Crandall,Susan M. Crandall
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-25
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781476607436
Archaeological digs have turned up sculptures in Inuit lands that are thousands of years old, but “Inuit art” as it is known today only dates back to the beginning of the 1900s. Early art was traditionally produced from soft materials such as whalebone, and tools and objects were also fashioned out of stone, bone, and ivory because these materials were readily available. The Inuit people are known not just for their sculpture but for their graphic art as well, the most prominent forms being lithographs and stonecuts. This work affords easy access to information to those interested in any type of Inuit art. There are annotated entries on over 3,761 articles, books, catalogues, government documents, and other publications.
Author : Feng Qu
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-07
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781527564329
This book introduces readers to the belief and symbolism present in the prehistoric art of the Bering Strait region. For about a century, the archaeology of this area has mainly focused on material, economic, and technological perspectives, leaving studies of prehistoric spirituality, religion, and cosmology to be under-conceptualized. This text questions the nature of materiality, and the relationship between it and spirituality. It employs an analytical and methodological approach located within the frameworks of practice theory and animist ontologies to open up thought-provoking avenues for interpretive possibility. This book also provides new knowledge about the prehistoric material culture of ancient Inuit people, and offers an assessment of contemporary archaeological theories, such as cognitive archaeology, structural archaeology, and shamanism theory, in order to examine the reliability of these theories in the studies of prehistoric art. According to the ontological trend which has constituted a powerful challenge to traditional nature/culture and body/mind dichotomies, this book reconsiders prehistoric Inuit cultures, providing an analysis of therianthropic motifs on prehistoric ivories to explore potential shamanism within ontological and cosmological structures.
Author : Edward William Nelson
Publisher : Smithsonian Books (DC)
Page : 844 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1983-11-17
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015008731138
Records results of investigations and collections made 1877-81 in coastal regions between Nunivak Island and Point Barrow. Includes information on distribution of tribes, dialects, physical characteristics, clothing, arts, trade, customs, mythology, etc. Appendices include western Alaska Eskimo census circa 1880. This reprint edition includes an introduction by William W. Fitzhugh.
Author : EDWARD WILLIAM. NELSON
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1033034843
Author : John Ayre
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-19
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781476647876
In 1954, eager buyers lined up three abreast for over half a block to get into the Canadian Handicrafts Guild in Montreal where, once inside, they wrestled and argued to purchase stone sculptures carved by Inuit artists. In a short span, interest in Inuit carving became a worldwide phenomenon and a major source of income for the Inuit. Their sculptures, tapestries and prints later became the unofficial national art of Canada, gracing homes, corporate offices, postage stamps and international art showcases. This is the story of how Inuit art came to be regarded as some of the best Indigenous art of the twentieth century. James Houston, an artist as well as a brilliant raconteur and lecturer, was unquestionably instrumental in its development. His enthralling Arctic stories were a gift to journalists, but his inconsistencies became a major hurdle for historians. This book portrays the unusual alliance between James Houston and early Inuit art enthusiasts, the Canadian Handicrafts Guild and the Canadian Department of Northern Affairs. Through painstaking research, it presents their adventures, management, concerns and successes.
Author : William W. Fitzhugh,Susan A. Kaplan,Henry Bascom Collins,National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
Publisher : Washington, D.C. : Published for the National Museum of Natural History by the Smithsonian Institution Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015000668866
Book to accompany an exhibition of Bering Sea Eskimo art collected by Edward William Nelson and now housed in the Dept. of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Places their life in a regional and chronological framework.
Author : Hans-Georg Bandi
Publisher : London : Methuen
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105033875928
Author : Wendell H. Oswalt
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0803286139
Corrects misconceptions about Eskimo life, analyzes early accounts by European explorers, and evaluates the impact these explorers had on Eskimo culture
Author : Timothy Insoll
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 961 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780199675616
The Oxford Handbook of Prehistoric Figurines is the first text to offer a comparative survey of figurines from across the globe, bringing together myriad contemporary research approaches to provide invaluable insights into their function, context, meaning, and use, as well as past thinking on the human body, gender, and identity.
