Tattooed mountain women and spoonboxes of Daghestan : magic medicine symbols in silk, stone, wood and flesh /

Tattooed mountain women and spoonboxes of Daghestan : magic medicine symbols in silk, stone, wood and flesh /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Chenciner, Robert.
Imprint:	London : Bennett & Bloom, 2006.
Description:	95 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Traditional medicine -- Russia (Federation) -- Dagestan. Tattooing -- Russia (Federation) -- Dagestan. Signs and symbols -- Russia (Federation) -- Dagestan. Decoration and ornament -- Russia (Federation) -- Dagestan. Healing -- Russia (Federation) -- Dagestan -- Psychological aspects. Decoration and ornament. Signs and symbols. Spoon boxes. Tattooing. Traditional medicine. Women. Russia (Federation) -- Dagestan. Catalogs.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6010001

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Other authors / contributors:	Ismailov, Gabib. Magomedkhanov, Magomedkhan, 1951- Binnie, Alex.
ISBN:	189894881X (pbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 92-93) and index.

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Summary:	Beneath the rural Islamic society in ancient villages perched among the Great Causasus Mountains, animist tattoos on women and decorations on ritual spoon boxes share symbols that are believed to protect the heart and the family. Three experts have recorded this system of folk medicine.
Physical Description:	95 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 92-93) and index.
ISBN:	189894881X