Title:
The spirit wraps around you : northern Northwest Coast Native textiles
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Steve Henrikson, Lani Hotch, Marie Oldfield, and Evelyn Vanderhoop, featuring the photography of Brian Wallace
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Publication Information:
Juneau, AK : Friends of the Alaska State Library, Archives and Museum, [2021]
Physical Description:
87 pages : illustrations (some color), color map, portraits ; 22 x 22 cm
ISBN:
9781737003618
General Note:
Catalog of an exhibition held at The Alaska State Museum, Juneau, Alaska, May 8, 2021-October 9, 2021
Abstract:
"This catalog accompanies the 2021 exhibition at the Alaska State Museum in Juneau and traces the history of the sacred textiles known today as raven's tail and Chilkat robes. Masterfully woven by Native women from the plush white fur of mountain goats, this art was born long before the arrival of Euro-American visitors to the shores of the northern Gulf of Alaska and carries forward to the present. Robes are used in sacred ceremonies, where leaders and dancers wear them to display their clan crests, and where the spirits of the ancestors gather." -- Publisher's description, back cover
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (page 87)
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Contents:
Preface -- Weavers and their tools and materials -- Weaving connections: basketry and textile materials, techniques, and motifs -- Uses and meanings -- Raven's tail weaving -- Chilkat weaving -- The spirit wraps around you: the exhibit -- Bibliography