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29%OFFWilliam W Fitzhugh - Gifts from the Ancestors: Ancient Ivories of Bering Strait - 9780300122060 - V9780300122060
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Gifts from the Ancestors: Ancient Ivories of Bering Strait

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Description for Gifts from the Ancestors: Ancient Ivories of Bering Strait Paperback. Examines ancient ivories from the coast of Bering Strait, western Alaska, and the islands in between - illuminating their sophisticated formal aesthetic, cultural complexity, and individual histories. Editor(s): Fitzhugh, William W.; Crowell, Aron L.; Hollowell, Julie. Series: Princeton University Art Museum. Num Pages: 320 pages, 51 black-&-white illustrations + 452 colour images. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; ACBK; AFKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 266 x 202 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1462.

The appearance during the first millennium A.D. of small, exquisitely carved artifacts of walrus ivory in the Bering Strait region marks the beginning of an extraordinary florescence in the art and culture of North America. The discovery in the 1930s and 1940s of world-class carvings of animals, mythical beasts, shape-shifting creatures, masks, and human figurines astounded scholars and excited collectors. Nevertheless, the extraordinary objects that belong to this fascinating, sometimes frightening, world of hunting-related art remain largely unknown.

 

Gifts from the Ancestors  examines ancient ivories from the coast of Bering Strait, western Alaska, and the islands in between—illuminating their sophisticated formal ... Read more



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Princeton University Art Museum (October 3, 2009 – January 10, 2010)

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
Princeton University Art Museum
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300122060
SKU
V9780300122060
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About William W Fitzhugh
William W. Fitzhugh is Curator of North American Archaeology and Director, Arctic Studies Center, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution. Aron L. Crowell is Alaska Director, Arctic Studies Center, Anchorage.Julie Hollowell is Nancy Schaenen Visiting Scholar, Prindle Institute for Ethics, and Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology, De Pauw University.

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