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Tattoo traditions of Native North America : ancient and contemporary expressions of identity /

Krutak, Lars F.,

Tattoo traditions of Native North America : ancient and contemporary expressions of identity / Lars Krutak. - 255 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm.

"For thousands of years astonishingly rich and diverse forms of tattooing have been produced by the Indigenous peoples of North America. Long neglected by anthropologists and art historians, tattooing was a time-honoured traditional practice that expressed the patterns of tribal social organization and religion, while also channelling worlds inhabited by deities, spirits, and the ancestors. Tattoo Traditions of Native North America explores the many facets of indelible Indigenous body marking across every cultural region of North America. As the first book on the subject, it breaks new ground on one of the least-known mediums of Amerindian expressive culture that nearly disappeared from view in the twentieth century, until it was reborn in recent decades"--Page 4 of cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-250) and index.

Introduction -- Arctic and subarctic -- Northwest coast and plateau -- California, Great Basin, and American southwest -- Great Plains -- Eastern woodlands.

9789491394096 9491394096


Tattooing--History.--North America
Indian art--North America.
Indians of North America--Social life and customs.

E98.T2 / K78 2014 GT2346.N6 / K78 2014

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