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Bodily Proportions as Guides to Lineal Measurements among the Blackfoot Indians
Author(s) -
Ewers John C.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
american anthropologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1548-1433
pISSN - 0002-7294
DOI - 10.1525/aa.1970.72.3.02a00070
Subject(s) - quarter (canadian coin) , character (mathematics) , arrow , history , white (mutation) , genealogy , demography , archaeology , geography , sociology , mathematics , biology , biochemistry , geometry , computer science , gene , programming language
Elderly Blackfoot informants a quarter century ago recalled certain bodily proportions used by craftsmen and women as guides to lineal measurement in prereservation days. Still other measurements of similar character appear to have been introduced to these Indians by white traders. [Blackfoot, Assiniboin, Omaha, measurements, arrow‐making, trade goods]