Bear power motifs on Plains Indian shields
Subtitle: Bärenmotive in Schildbemalungen der Plainsindianer
By: Riku Hämäläinen ; German translation/Deutsche Übersetzung by Dietmar Kuegler
Publisher: Tatanka Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Wyk auf Foehr, Germany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 71
ISBN-13: 9783895101250
Subjects: Indian art; Themes, motives; Shields; Bears; Symbolic aspects; Indian armor
Other titles: Bärenmotive in Schildbemalungen der Plainsindianer
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-71).

Parallel text in English and German.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgements; title: Introduction; title: Painted bear motifs: whole bears; title: Parts of the bear body; title: Bear paws; title: An abstract bear; title: Incised bear paw motifs; title: Rawhide bear figures; title: Tokens from a bear's carcass; title: Conclusions.