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Title:
Hands on Alaska : art activities for all ages
JLCTITLE245:
Yvonne Y. Merrill.
Personal Author:
Merrill, Yvonne Young.
Publication Information:
Anchorage, Alaska : K/ITS, 1994.
Physical Description:
81 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
ISBN:
9780964317734

9780964317703
Abstract:
Art activities include work with leather, whale bone, abalone, fox fur, bark, antler, trade beads, baleen, fish skin, feathers, grass and sinew.
Subject Term:
Handicraft -- Alaska.

Indian craft.

Indian art -- Alaska.

Eskimo art -- Alaska.
Contents:
Totem poles -- Ceremonial rattle -- Ceremonial hat -- Figure rattle -- Forehead mask -- Octopus bag -- Puppet person and Chilkat tunic -- Portrait mask -- Hunting hat -- Gut parka -- Armor -- Spirit mask -- Scrimshaw -- Sun goggles -- Finger masks -- Cover-ups of fur or feathers -- Mythical creature -- Arctic dwellings -- Wildlife carvings -- Pictographs --Birch bark basket -- Jewelry -- Quiver -- Outfit -- Paper chains -- Fish banners --
Credits:
Alaska Native information edited by Susan W. Fair; text edited by Molly Jones; art projects drawn and tested by Jody Jenkins and Mary Simpson with students and friends.
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