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James Mooney - In Sun´s Likeness and Power, 2-volume set: Cheyenne Accounts of Shield and Tipi Heraldry - 9780803238220 - V9780803238220
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In Sun´s Likeness and Power, 2-volume set: Cheyenne Accounts of Shield and Tipi Heraldry

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Description for In Sun´s Likeness and Power, 2-volume set: Cheyenne Accounts of Shield and Tipi Heraldry Multiple-component retail product. Seeks to help preserve the religion, culture, and history of the Cheyenne People for the generations ahead Editor(s): Powell, Father Peter J. Num Pages: 1320 pages, 198 illustrations (144 colour plates, 54 b&w photographs), 82 symbols, index. BIC Classification: ACBK; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 274 x 71. Weight in Grams: 3808.

According to traditional Cheyenne belief, shields are living, spirit-filled beings, radiating supernatural power from the Supreme Being for protection and blessing. Shields stand at the nexus of several dimensions of Cheyenne culture, including spirituality, warfare, and artistic expression.

From 1902 to 1906, fifty Cheyenne elders spoke with famed ethnologist James Mooney, sharing with him their interpretations of shield and tipi heraldry. Mooney’s handwritten field notes of these conversations are the single best source of information on Plains Native shields and tipi art available and are a source of inestimable value today for both the Cheyennes and for scholars.

In 1955, with the ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
1320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
1320
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United States
ISBN
9780803238220
SKU
V9780803238220
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About James Mooney
James Mooney (1861–1921) was an American anthropologist with the Bureau of American Ethnology for more than thirty-five years and is recognized as one of the nation’s leading experts on Native Americans. Father Peter J. Powell is a research associate of the Newberry Library, the spiritual director of St. Augustine’s Center for American Indians, Inc. in Chicago, and a ... Read more

Reviews for In Sun´s Likeness and Power, 2-volume set: Cheyenne Accounts of Shield and Tipi Heraldry
"This handsome and informative work of scholarship stands as a substantial tribute both to James Mooney and to Father Powell himself."—Janet Catherine Berlo, Museum Anthropology Review "This is a stunning achievement and an important legacy that can be appreciated by historians, artists and art students, and anyone with an interest in Native American spiritual beliefs."—Sandy Amazeen, Monsters & Critics "With ... Read more

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