Tattoos
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California indigenous peoples used strings of shells to serve as money. Their value was set by standards based on length, measured by tattoos on the arms of men of noble rank. The chapter discusses the history of shells and tattoos among the Hupa and Yurok of northern California, and the Cahuilla and Chumash in the south. In the south, only clan leaders, and not all man of noble rank, possessed tattoos. Where in the north shells were associated with the pursuit of individual gain and wealth questing, in the south, they had ceremonial functions and were associated with social hierarchy and prestige. Tattoos were thus records in the flesh of value, but different values.
1998 ◽
Vol 8
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pp. 21-41
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2001 ◽
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2016 ◽
Vol 61
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pp. 223-250
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2009 ◽
Vol 39
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pp. 418-443
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