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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Main Author: Haines, John (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc. 2016
In: The sixteenth century journal
Year: 2016, Volume: 47, Issue: 4, Pages: 819-845
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