Beyond lip service: An analysis of labrets and their social context on the Pacific Northwest coast of British Columbia

• Main Author: La Salle, Marina
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of British Columbia 2008
• Subjects: Labrets; Body marking > British Columbia; Social identity > British Columbia; Canada; Pacific; British Columbia; First Nations
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10613/3241; https://doi.org/10.14288/1.0058398

This thesis provides an analysis of the history and social context of the labret (lip plug) on the Northwest Coast of British Columbia over the last 5,000 years. Although labrets have typically been characterized as markers of 'status' with connotations of gender, the variability in observ...