Description |
xxxi, 280 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-269) and index. |
Contents |
The nature of tradition -- "Eskimos" and "Aleuts" -- Alaska Indians -- Genres, boundaries, and ways of making -- Assembling collections, making exhibitions -- The importance of place -- Tradition as process. |
Summary |
The rich artistic traditions of Alaska Natives are the subject of this landmark volume, which examines the work of the premier Alaska artists of the twentieth century. Ranging across the state from the islands of the Bering Sea to the interior forests, Alaska Native Art provides a living context for beadwork and ivory carving, basketry and skin sewing. Examples of work from Tlingit, Aleutian Islanders, Pacific Eskimo, Athabascan, Yupik, and Inupiaq artists make this volume the most comprehensive study of Alaskan art ever published. Alaska Native Art examines the concept of tradition in the modern world. Alaska Native Art is a volume to treasure, a tribute to the incredible vision of Alaska's artists and to the enduring traditions of all of Alaska's Native peoples. |
Subject |
Indian art -- Alaska.
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Indian art. |
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Alaska. |
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Eskimo art -- Alaska.
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Eskimo art. |
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Aleut art -- Alaska.
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Aleut art. |
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Art, American -- Alaska.
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Art, American. |
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Indians of North America -- Alaska -- Social life and customs.
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Indians of North America. |
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Manners and customs. |
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Eskimos -- Alaska -- Social life and customs.
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Eskimos. |
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Aleuts -- Social life and customs.
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Aleuts -- Social life and customs. |
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Aleuts. |
Added Author |
Blodgett, Jean, 1945-
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ISBN |
1889963828 paperback alkaline paper |
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1889963798 hardcover alkaline paper |
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9781889963792 |
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9781889963822 |
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