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Title:
Alaska Native arts and crafts
JLCTITLE245:
by Susan W. Fair.
Personal Author:
Fair, Susan W., author.
Edition:
[First edition].
Publication Information:
Anchorage : Alaska Geographic Society, 1985.
Physical Description:
215 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 22 x 28 cm.
ISBN:
9780882402062
Series:
Alaska geographic, v. 12, no. 3
General Note:
"'In Search of Ancient Man' by Robert Shaw."

"Robert Shaw provides the archaeological framework for Susan Fair's review of the arts and crafts of Alaska's Natives"--Page [3].

This edition contains an illustrated list of back issues on pages 210-215.
Abstract:
Describes the arts and crafts of the Eskimos, Athabascans, Aleuts, and Northwest Coast peoples of Alaska. Includes discussion of artifacts discovered at excavation sites. The first chapter consists mostly of the article "In search of ancient man: archaeology in Alaska" by Robert Shaw. The other chapters (all by Susan Fair) contain interspersed short sections by various authors.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-209).
Subject Term:
Alaska Native art.

Alaska Natives -- Material culture.

Alaska Natives -- Antiquities.

Alaska Native art. (OCoLC)fst01748646

Antiquities. (OCoLC)fst00810745
Geographic Term:
Alaska -- Antiquities.

Alaska. (OCoLC)fst01204480
Added Author Contained Works:
Shaw, Robert D. In search of ancient man.
Contents:
Introduction -- In search of ancient man : archaeology in Alaska / by Robert Shaw -- The Eskimos -- Barrow's Itqiagvik site / by John E. Lobdell -- The Athabascans -- The Seal Beach site / by Karen Workman -- Hannah Solomon, Athabascan beadworker / by Jan Steinbright -- The Aleuts -- Aleut archaeology / by Douglas Veltre -- Fishing in Kodiak / by John Blaine -- Northwest Coast -- Story of Gonaqadate / by Viola Garfield and Linn Forrest -- The work of a weaver / by Cheryl Samuel -- Preserving your baskets / by Alice R. Hoveman.
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