Bear shields of Plains Indians
Subtitle: motifs and meanings
By: Riku Hämäläinen
Publisher: Tatanka Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Wyk auf Foehr, Germany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9783895101281
Subjects: Shields; Indian armor; Bears; Symbolic aspects; Indian art; Themes, motives; Bemalung; Bär (Motiv); Ethnologie; Ritus; Schild
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. Aims and scope of the study ; Questions reconsidered and methodical contemplation ; Previous studies ; Materials of the study ; The Plains Indians and the Plains culture area concept; title: Methodical considerations. The study of the Plains Indian shields : some observations concerning previous studies and future tasks ; Mato-Tope's knife and Crazy Horse's shield : use of ethnographic objects as cultural documents ; The family of the Plains Indian religions; title: Bear shields reviewed. A forgotten Comanche shield? : highlight of my research work ; Bear power motifs on Plains Indian shields; title: Reinterpretations. Bear ceremonialism and its environmental integration among the Subarctic and Plains Indians ; Individualism and collectivism in the Plains Indians' visions and visionary art; title: conclusions.