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Informationen zum Autor Ann Fienup-Riordan is the author of numerous books on the Native peoples of Alaska, including The Living Tradition of Yup'ik Masks and Freeze Frame: Alaska Eskimos in the Movies , and has collaborated with Marie Meade on Ciuliamta Akluit / Things of Our Ancestors and Agayuliyararput / Our Way of Making Prayer. Klappentext Ann Fienup-Riordan is the author of numerous books on the Native peoples of Alaska, including The Living Tradition of Yup'ik Masks and Freeze Frame: Alaska Eskimos in the Movies , and has collaborated with Marie Meade on Ciuliamta Akluit / Things of Our Ancestors and Agayuliyararput / Our Way of Making Prayer. Zusammenfassung Johan Adrian Jacobsen collected Yup'ik objects during his travels in Alaska. Ann Fienup-Riordan saw the collection being unpacked in 1994! and in 1997 she and Marie Meade returned to Berlin with Yup'ik elders. This book recounts fourteen days during which the elders examined objects from the collection and described how they were made and used. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Peter Bolz Preface: Unlikely Partnerships Acknowledgments The Gift: Johan Adrian Jacobsen Brings Treasures from Alaska The Gift-Givers: Turn-of-the-Century Yupiit and Their Descendants The Return Gift: The Yup'ik Delegation First Day: Tools for Ocean Hunting Second Day: Bows and Arrows for Hunting and War Third Day: More Tools for Hunting and Fishing Fourth Day: Wooden and Clay Containers Fifth Day: Containers of Skin, Gut, and Grass Sixth Day: Tools for Working on Objects and Materials Seventh Day: Tools of Daily Life Eighth Day: Personal Adornment and Human Figures Ninth Day: Women's Sewing Tools and Belts and Men's Hats Tenth Day: Ceremonial Regalia Eleventh Day: Dancing with Masks Twelfth Day: Toys and Clothing Thirteenth Day: Heavenly and Ceremonial Cycles Fourteenth Day and Return to Alaska Visual Repatriation Appendix: Additional Masks Notes Glossary References Index ...
