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.
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
