Shamanic Regalia in the Far North

Name: Shamanic Regalia in the Far North
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ISBN: 9780500517253

ISBN-10: 0500517258

ISBN-13: 9780500517253

Edition: 2014

Authors: Patricia Rieff Anawalt

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The Northwest coast makes up one of the last regions on earth to be traversed by Western explorers. In this region an ensemble of related peoples created a large cultural universe derived from the cross-fertilization of ideas, oral traditions, and art. The shaman’s cosmos was divided into three worlds, Lower, Middle and Upper, where the spirits ruled. With supernatural helpers, shamans sought to manipulate the environment, making use of regalia and objects that bequeath an acute sense of the animistic world that reflects the early interactions between man and nature. Structuring her account by the three geographical regions, Patricia Rieff Anawalt not only probes deeply into the…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Publication date: 5/20/2014
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Size: 7.01" wide x 9.57" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 2.112
Language: English

Patricia Rieff Anawalt is Director Emerita of the Center for the Study of Regional Dress at the Fowler Museum, UCLA, Los Angeles, and an authority on worldwide regional dress. Her publications include The Worldwide History of Dress. She lives in Los Angeles.