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Author: Allen Wardwell Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications ISBN: 9780933920507 Category : Bering Strait Region Antiquities Exhibitions Languages : en Pages : 132
Author: William W. Fitzhugh Publisher: ISBN: Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 332
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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: Henry N. Michael Publisher: University of Toronto Press ISBN: 1487591209 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 244
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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: William W. Fitzhugh Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Published for the National Museum of Natural History by the Smithsonian Institution Press ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 304
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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: Edward William 1855-1934 Nelson Publisher: Andesite Press ISBN: 9781298510396 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 0
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