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Title:
The Artists behind the work : life histories of Nick Charles, Sr., Frances Demientieff, Lena Sours, Jennie Thlunaut
JLCTITLE245:
written by Ann Fienup-Riordan ... [and others] ; Suzi Jones, guest curator and editor.
Publication Information:
Fairbanks, Alaska : University of Alaska Museum, 1986.
Physical Description:
iii, 149 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. ; 28 cm.
ISBN:
9780931163029
General Note:
Catalog of an exhibition held at NANA Museum of the Arctic, Kotzebue, 1 Oct.-17 Oct. 1986, and elsewhere, 1 Nov. 1986-6 Sept. 1987.

"The Exhibit and publication were made possible through the generous support of the National Endowment for the Humanities, a federal agency, the Alaska State Council on the Arts, and the Skinner Foundation ..."
Abstract:
This book features the life history and craft of four Alaska Native artists. As a group, the artists represent four different Native cultures and four different art forms: Nicholas Charles, Sr., a Yup'ik Eskimo known for his carved and painted wood masks; Frances Demientieff, an Athabaskan bead worker and ski sewer; Lena Sours, an Inupiat skin sewer known for her fine parkas; and Jennie Thlunaut, a Chilkat Tlingit and maker of baskets and the famous Chilkat blankets.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Personal Subject:
Charles, Nick-Exhibitions.

Demientieff, Frances, 1895--Exhibitions.

Sours, Lena-Exhibitions.

Thlunaut, Jennie, 1892-1986-Exhibitions.

Demientieff, Frances-Exhibitions.

Thlunaut, Jennie-Exhibitions.
Subject Term:
Indian art -- Alaska -- Exhibitions.

Art, American -- Alaska -- Exhibitions.

Artists -- Alaska -- Exhibitions.

Artists -- Alaska.

Indians of North America -- Alaska -- Art -- Exhibitions.
Added Author:
Fienup-Riordan, Ann.

Jones, Suzi.
Added Corporate Author:
University of Alaska Museum.
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