The ideological dimensions of whale bone use in Thule winter houses /

• Main Author: Patton, A. Katherine B. (Anna Katherine Berenice)
• Other Authors: Savelle, J. M. (advisor)
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: McGill University 1996
• Subjects: Thule culture > Dwellings; Whales > Nunavut > Somerset Island > Mythology; Dwellings; Prehistoric > Nunavut > Somerset Island; Decoration and ornament; Canada; Northwest Territories; Nunavut; Somerset Island; bowhead whale; inuit; Inupiat; Thule culture
• Online Access: http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=26750

This study attempts to demonstrate symbolic whale bone patterning within 31 Thule winter houses along the southeast coast of Somerset Island, Northwest Territories, Canada. All visible architectural whale bone incorporated within the dwellings was mapped. Trends towards particular patterns of whale...