TATTOOING & PIERCING AMONG THE ALASKAN UNANGAX (ALEUT)
2021年1月26日 · The Aleut women had the habit of tattooing different designs, by ‘sewing’ or pricking. They tattooed the whole chin, two bands from cheek to cheek across the nose, two bands on the sides of the face, and one below the nose. But all did not have the same designs.
Ancient Alaskan Labrets: jewelry that spoke louder than words
2011年7月1日 · From prehistoric times, members of Aleut, Eskimo, and Indian hunter-gatherer tribes wore them for personal adornment, to reflect social affiliation, and to broadcast hereditary rank.
The Unangan - Q Tribe
Since the Qawlangin Tribe of Unalaska’s first culture camp, Laresa Syverson, Delores Gregory, Alicia LaPlant, and Ariel Gustafson have all helped carry on teaching the tradition of Unangam Axaa (Aleut Dance.)
Aleut Culture and History (Unangan) - Native Languages of the …
As a complement to our Aleut language information, here is our collection of indexed links about the Aleut tribe and their society. Please note that Aleuts and other indigenous Americans are living people with a present and a future as well as a past.
Labrets and Lip Piercings - BME: Tattoo, Piercing and Body …
2008年10月17日 · The wearing of labrets was widely practiced by the Eskimos and Aleuts of Alaska in prehistoric and early post-contact eras, yet disappeared within three generations due to intense efforts on the part of Christian missionaries.
(2008) Tattooing and Piercing Among the Alaskan Aleut
An overview of Unangan (Aleut) body modification practices based on historical imagery and literature.
PIERCING AND PENETRATION: BODY ARTS OF THE UNANGAN, …
Stretching 1,500 miles from Kamchatka, Russia to the Alaska Peninsula, the Aleutian archipelago has been inhabited for about 7000 years. Traditionally, the term "Aleut" was used by Russian fur-traders to describe the indigenous peoples they met.
Indian Labrets - Marianopolis College
Among the [Inuit] and Aleut bone labrets predominated, though some very precious specimens were of jade. They were shaped like buttons or studs, or, in the case of some, worn by women, like sickles.
The use and distribution of labrets on the North Pacific Rim
2023年2月18日 · In the mid to late 1700’s labrets were worn by both Aleut men and women, (e.g., Bushnell 1928, Sauer 1802:15, Webber in Beaglehole 1967, Pl. 52a, b) although they were most common among women (Cook 1784:509). Only a small percentage of men wore them.
Native Village of Afognak :: Aleut Town 1999-2000
Labrets have a time depth of little more than 3000 years on Kodiak. The petroglyphs also show lines extending downward from the eyes and this feature is found in historic and late-prehistoric specimens, as from Karluk, and suggests that the age of …