Drawing with Great Needles: Ancient Tattoo Traditions of North America

by Aaron Deter-Wolf and Lars Krutak

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477302115
• ISBN13: 9781477302118
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 311 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"