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An edition of Drawing with great needles (2013)

Drawing with great needles

ancient tattoo traditions of North America

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For thousands of years, Native Americans used the physical act and visual language of tattooing to construct and reinforce the identity of individuals and their place within society and the cosmos. This book offers an examination into the antiquity, meaning, and significance of Native American tattooing in the Eastern Woodlands and Great Plains.--Publisher description.

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University of Texas Press
Language
English
Pages
293

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Subjects
Tattooing, Social life and customs, Indian art, Indians of North America, History, Indian art, north america, Indians of north america, social life and customs
Places
North America

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Drawing with great needles: ancient tattoo traditions of North America
2013, University of Texas Press
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Table of Contents

Native American tattooing in the protohistoric Southeast / Antoinette B. Wallace
Needle in a haystack : examining the archaeological evidence for prehistoric tattooing / Aaron Deter-Wolf
Swift Creek paddle designs as tattoos : ethnographic insights on prehistoric body decoration and material culture / Benjamin A. Steere
Tattoos, totem marks, and war clubs : projecting power through visual symbolism in Northern Woodlands culture / Lars Krutak
The art of enchantment : corporeal marking and tattooing bundles of the Great Plains / Lars Krutak
Identifying the face of the sacred : tattooing the images of gods and heroes in the art of the Mississippian period / F. Kent Reilly III
Dhegihan tattoos : markings that consecrate, empower, and designate lineage / James R. Duncan
Snaring life from the stars and the sun : Mississippian tattooing and the enduring cycle of life and death / David H. Dye.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-280) and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
391.6/5
Library of Congress
GT2346.N6 D73 2013, GT2346.N6D73 2013

The Physical Object

Pagination
xv, 293 pages
Number of pages
293

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27165076M
ISBN 10
0292749120
ISBN 13
9780292749122
LCCN
2013002835
OCLC/WorldCat
868224441

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