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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Inalienable possessions"”.
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Exploring Sacred Objects And Their Meanings In Catholic Mexicano Households: Domestic Religious Practices In San Antonio
… ordinary "commodities," are transformed into "inalienable" possessions closely associated with particular persons who are remembered on the altar (Weiner 1994). Objects in this way are given "biographical" meanings of personal identity (Hoskins 1998). The assemblage of culturally-determined …
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Social Interaction, Integration, and Alliances: Yavi-Chicha Ceramic Production and Circulation in the Border Region of Bolivia, Argentina, and Chile, A.D. 1000-1550
… vessels could have circulated as gifts or as inalienable objects. Under the Inka administration, these social changes nesessarily led to other changes in the role and value of circulating items, which were possibly related to either inalienable possessions or to objects as political markers. …
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'They Were Known Accordingly’: The Journey of the Land Otter Pole and Memorial Pole at the Denver Art Museum
<p>In 2019, two Kaigani Haida (Alaskan Haida) totem poles (Xaadas Gyáa’ang) were re-raised in the renovated Northwest Coast gallery of the Denver Art Museum. Lee Wallace and his family, descendants of Haida carver Dwight Wallace and Dwight’s son John Wallace, led a ceremony that publicly …