Drawing with great needles
Subtitle: ancient tattoo traditions of North America
By: edited by Aaron Deter-Wolf and Carol Diaz-Granados
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
ISBN-13: 9780292749122
Subjects: Tattooing; Social life and customs; Indian art; Indians of North America; History
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-280) and index.
Table of contents: title: Native American tattooing in the protohistoric Southeast / Antoinette B. Wallace; title: Needle in a haystack : examining the archaeological evidence for prehistoric tattooing / Aaron Deter-Wolf; title: Swift Creek paddle designs as tattoos : ethnographic insights on prehistoric body decoration and material culture / Benjamin A. Steere; title: Tattoos, totem marks, and war clubs : projecting power through visual symbolism in Northern Woodlands culture / Lars Krutak; title: The art of enchantment : corporeal marking and tattooing bundles of the Great Plains / Lars Krutak; title: Identifying the face of the sacred : tattooing the images of gods and heroes in the art of the Mississippian period / F. Kent Reilly III; title: Dhegihan tattoos : markings that consecrate, empower, and designate lineage / James R. Duncan; title: Snaring life from the stars and the sun : Mississippian tattooing and the enduring cycle of life and death / David H. Dye.