Kwakiutl String Figures - Hardcover

Averkieva, Julia P.

 
9780774804325: Kwakiutl String Figures
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0774804327 ISBN 13: 9780774804325
Publisher: Univ Of British Columbia, 1992

Synopsis

Julia Averkieva’s study represents the most comprehensive Native American string collection ever assembled from a single tribe. In addition to characterizing the social conditions that prompted string figure making among the Kwakiutl during the time of her field study, Averkieva noted step-by-step instructions for each figure and transcribed traditional accompanying chants. In editing and expanding Averkieva’s manuscript, Mark Sherman addresses string figure enthusiasts as well as cultural anthropologists. Sherman includes in his introduction a complete description of basic openings and string figure moves. For each Kwakiutl figure he has prepared clear illustrations based on Averkievazs original photographs and pencil sketches. In addition he has tested each figure for workability, clarifying instructions where necessary and recasting them in Rivers and Haddon’s standard terminology.

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About the Author

Julia Averkieva (1907-1980) was director of North American studies at the Institute of Ethnography, Soviet Academy of Sciences, Moscow, and editor-in-chief of the internationally known journal Sovetskaia Etnografia. Mark A. Sherman (editor) is a biochemist who devotes his leisure time to the study of string figures.

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Publisher
Univ Of British Columbia
Publication date
1992
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0774804327
ISBN 13 
9780774804325
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
232

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