The symbolic dimensions of whale bone use in Thule winter dwellings-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

The symbolic dimensions of whale bone use in Thule winter dwellings

Published:2008-02-07 Issue:2 Volume:30 Page:137-161
ISSN:1708-5268
Container-title:Études/Inuit/Studies
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Author:

Patton A. Katherine¹,Savelle James M.²

Affiliation:

1. Department of Anthropology,University of Toronto,Sidney Smith Building,100 St. George Street,Toronto,Ontario M5S 3G3,Canada.

2. Anthropology Department,McGill University,Stephen Leacock Building,855 Sherbrooke Street West,Montreal,Quebec H3H 2T7,Canada.

Abstract

The Thule whale bone house is one of the most impressive features of the arctic landscape. Bowhead whale bone elements within 18 Thule winter houses along the southeastern coast of Somerset Island (Nunavut) were mapped and the patterning of these elements was investigated through the application of a bowhead architectural utility index and through principal components analysis. The results suggest that while whale bone was initially selected for dwelling construction on the basis of architectural value, socio-economic status may be reflected in the positioning of certain bone elements. Informed by historic North Alaskan Inupiat analogies, the positioning of various elements within the entrance tunnel in particular appears to have been related to whale symbolism.

Publisher

Consortium Erudit

Subject

General Social Sciences,General Arts and Humanities

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