Frobisher's bells: commodities or gifts?
In 1576 Martin Frobisher captured an Inuk man off the coast of Baffin Island using several bells. These sounding objects were viewed in two fundamentally different ways. The Inuk considered them to be soul-filled gifts; all things, and especially sounding things, were said by the Inuit to have a gua...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2016
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The sixteenth century journal
Year: 2016, Volume: 47, Issue: 4, Pages: 819-845 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Frobisher, Martin 1535-1594
/ Eskimo
/ Cultural contact
/ Bell
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| RelBib Classification: | KBF British Isles KBQ North America TJ Modern history ZB Sociology |
| Further subjects: | B
British discoveries in geography
B Baffin Island Inuit B Frobisher, Martin, Sir, ca. 1535-1594 B Trade goods History B Baffin Island (Nunavut) History B Bells History B Native Americans Commerce History B Explorers History 16th century |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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