Women's Work, Women's Art: Nineteenth-Century Northern Athapaskan Clothing Volume 68

by Judy Thompson

Garments made from tanned animal hides afforded Northern Athapaskans protection against a harsh northern environment, but the striking features of this clothing are also a distinctive part of the traditional culture of the Indigenous peoples of North America's western subarctic. Beautifully decorated with quillwork, fringes, and pigments, they provide a means of artistic expression signifying ethnic identity and conveying information about the physical,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773541594
• ISBN13: 9780773541597
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 3.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.1" x 11.1"