Masked rituals of the Kodiak Archipelago
Dissertation (Ph.D.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1995 The traditional culture of the Alutiiq speakers of the Kodiak Archipelago is not well known, and information on their spiritual and ritual life has been lacking. In this thesis I use ethnographic, ethnohistoric, and iconographic materials to...
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ftunivalaska:oai:scholarworks.alaska.edu:11122/9420 2023-05-15T13:21:20+02:00 Masked rituals of the Kodiak Archipelago Desson, Dominique Black, Lydia T. Pierce, Richard A. Schweitzer, Peter P. Morrow, Phyllis Leer, Jeff 1995 http://hdl.handle.net/11122/9420 unknown http://hdl.handle.net/11122/9420 Cultural anthropology Folklore Religion Dance Music Dissertation phd 1995 ftunivalaska 2023-03-02T18:48:06Z Dissertation (Ph.D.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1995 The traditional culture of the Alutiiq speakers of the Kodiak Archipelago is not well known, and information on their spiritual and ritual life has been lacking. In this thesis I use ethnographic, ethnohistoric, and iconographic materials to investigate the Koniag traditional world view and belief system and some aspects of the Koniag ritual system. Specifically, I analyze the individual, private masked rituals associated with whaling and the public masked rituals performed during the winter festivals. In the second part, I examine a large sample of surviving Alutiiq masks in order to determine aesthetic canons evident in the work of 19th and 20th century Koniag carvers. Visual preferences in mask making in terms of construction, volumes, shapes, colors, and designs are defined and differences in those preferences between the three Alutiiq speakers' groups of the Kodiak Archipelago, Prince William Sound, and the Alaska Peninsula are discussed. Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis alutiiq Archipelago Kodiak Alaska University of Alaska: ScholarWorks@UA Fairbanks |
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Dissertation (Ph.D.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1995 The traditional culture of the Alutiiq speakers of the Kodiak Archipelago is not well known, and information on their spiritual and ritual life has been lacking. In this thesis I use ethnographic, ethnohistoric, and iconographic materials to investigate the Koniag traditional world view and belief system and some aspects of the Koniag ritual system. Specifically, I analyze the individual, private masked rituals associated with whaling and the public masked rituals performed during the winter festivals. In the second part, I examine a large sample of surviving Alutiiq masks in order to determine aesthetic canons evident in the work of 19th and 20th century Koniag carvers. Visual preferences in mask making in terms of construction, volumes, shapes, colors, and designs are defined and differences in those preferences between the three Alutiiq speakers' groups of the Kodiak Archipelago, Prince William Sound, and the Alaska Peninsula are discussed. |
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Black, Lydia T. Pierce, Richard A. Schweitzer, Peter P. Morrow, Phyllis Leer, Jeff |
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Masked rituals of the Kodiak Archipelago |
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