wyszukanych pozycji: 4
Drawing with Great Needles: Ancient Tattoo Traditions of North America
ISBN: 9780292749122 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 311 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. For thousands of years, Native Americans throughout the Eastern Woodlands and Great Plains used the physical act and visual language of tattooing to construct and reinforce the identity of individuals and their place within society and the cosmos. The act of tattooing served as a rite of passage and supplication, while the composition and use of ancestral tattoo bundles was intimately related to group identity. The resulting symbols and imagery inscribed on the body held important social, civil, military, and ritual connotations within Native American society. Yet despite the cultural... For thousands of years, Native Americans throughout the Eastern Woodlands and Great Plains used the physical act and visual language of tattooing t... |
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276,15 zł |
Mississippian Culture Heroes, Ritual Regalia, and Sacred Bundles
ISBN: 9781793650597 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 386 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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590,96 zł |
Picture Cave: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Mississippian Cosmos
ISBN: 9780292761339 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. A millennia ago, Native Americans entered the dark recesses of a cave in eastern Missouri and painted an astonishing array of human, animal, and supernatural creatures on its walls. Known as Picture Cave, it was a hallowed site for sacred rituals and rites of passage, for explaining the multi-layered cosmos, for vision quests, for communing with spirits in the "other world," and for burying the dead. The number, variety, and complexity of images make Picture Cave one of the most significant prehistoric sites in North America, similar in importance to Cahokia and Chaco Canyon. Indeed,... A millennia ago, Native Americans entered the dark recesses of a cave in eastern Missouri and painted an astonishing array of human, animal, and su... |
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364,52 zł |
Neighborhood Success Stories: Creating and Sustaining Affordable Housing in New York
ISBN: 9781965552049 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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73,58 zł |