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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Indigenous art North America

Indigenous peoples North America Social life and customs

Tattooing North America History

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ISBN:

9781477302118

Edition:

First paperback edition

Description:

xv, 293 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-280) and index

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

LCCN:

2013002835

Control Number:

2813233

Other Authors:

Deter-Wolf, Aaron, 1976- editor
Diaz-Granados, Carol, 1943- editor

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