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Anguaks in Copper and Netsilik Inuit Spirituality

The composition of and dynamics underlying the use of anguaks are described in great detail. The discussion is largely confined to the Copper and Netsilik Inuit, although several other groups are touched on by way of comparison. The work consists firstly of a summary and interpretation of Rasmussen's (1931) chapter devoted to Netsilik anguaks. This material is then synthesized with material collected over the course of several participant-focused interviews conducted with seven Inuit elders from the community of Cambridge Bay. For clarity of presentation, several factors have been distinctly considered: the material composition of anguaks derived from animals, anguaks relating to human beings, women's objects, and shamanic paraphernalia. Based on these findings, a sample of 15 artifacts from the Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation's collections are interpreted and discussed.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:LAVAL/oai:corpus.ulaval.ca:20.500.11794/44337
Date07 May 2021
CreatorsPollick, Jason
ContributorsLaugrand, Frédéric
Source SetsUniversité Laval
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typemémoire de maîtrise, COAR1_1::Texte::Thèse::Mémoire de maîtrise
Formatviii, 153 feuillets, application/pdf
CoverageNunavut, Nunavut.
Rightshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2

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