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The Yuquot Whalers' Shrine

Aldona Jonaitis

出版	University of Washington Press, 1999
主題	Art / Criticism & TheoryArt / American / GeneralHistory / Canada / GeneralSocial Science / Anthropology / Cultural & SocialSocial Science / Minority StudiesSocial Science / Ethnic Studies / American / Native American StudiesTechnology & Engineering / Fisheries & Aquaculture
ISBN	02959782879780295978284
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=fbTVsM7gpXAC&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

"In 1905 George Hunt acquired a collection of materials from the Mowachaht band of the Nuu-chahnulth (Nootka) for the American Museum of Natural History. An assemblage of 92 carved wooden figures and whales, 16 human skulls, and the small building that sheltered them, the shrine had for centuries stood in Yuquot, or Friendly Cove, on the remote west coast of Vancouver Island, to be visited only by chiefs and their wives. Since its removal to New York, it has captured the imagination of individuals who have represented it in anthropological and historical writings, film, television, video, and newspapers."--BOOK JACKET. "Aldona Jonaitis investigates and reconstructs the history of the shrine both before and after it was acquired for the museum. She analyzes the various representations that have shaped the public's understanding of the shrine's significance and reviews the history of its acquisition, detailing Boas's almost obsessive desire for its purchase, as well as Hunt's dealings with its owners."--BOOK JACKET. "Taking the shrine's history up to the present day, Jonaitis addresses important contemporary issues, including the Mowachaht's desire to have the shrine repatriated to Yuquot."--BOOK JACKET.