Unmasking frontlet headdresses : an iconographic study of images in Northern Northwest Coast ceremonial headdresses
This thesis is about the iconography of frontlet headdresses. These objects were part of a spectacular ritual costume worn by high-ranking people on the Northwest Coast of North America. Iconographic analysis (first developed by Panofsky) is based on identifying cultural notions and themes associate...
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| Language: | English |
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2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/20621 |