Quliaqtuavut Tuugaatigun (Our Stories in Ivory): Reconnecting Arctic Narratives with Engraved Drill Bows

Quliaqtuavut Tuugaatigun (Our Stories in Ivory): Reconnecting Arctic Narratives with Engraved Drill Bows

abstract: This dissertation explores complex representations of spiritual, social and cultural ways of knowing embedded within engraved ivory drill bows from the Bering Strait. During the nineteenth century, multi-faceted ivory drill bows formed an ideal surface on which to recount life events and i...

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Other Authors: Chan, Amy (Author)
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2013
Subjects:
Art history
Native American studies
Museum studies
Alaska Native
collaboration
indigenous knowledge
material culture
museums
oral tradition
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.21001

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http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.21001

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