ISBN:
9780773530089
,
0773530088
Language:
English
Pages:
160 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
,
30 cm
DDC:
391/.0089970113
Keywords:
Eskimos Clothing
;
Clothing and dress
;
Arktis
;
Kleidung
Abstract:
"Arising from a conference held at the British Museum in 2001, Arctic Clothing of North America - Alaska, Canada, Greenland is a wide-ranging and authoritative account of clothing use in the north. For the first time, contributors include Native and non-Native artists and seamstresses, anthropologists, historians, curators and conservators with expertise in Alaska, Canada and Greenland."--Jacket
Abstract:
Keynote address: Our clothing, our culture, our identity / Veronica Dewar -- Part I. Personal narratives. Seams of time / Jana Harcharek ; My recollections = Nengqerralria / Elena Charles ; How do we heal? / Dixie Masak Dayo ; Quiet and reserved splendor : central Yup'ik Eskimo fancy garments of Kuskokwim Bay, Bering Sea/ Chuna McIntyre -- Part II. Materials. Caribou and seal hair : examination by scanning electron microscopy / Nigel D. Meeks and Caroline R. Cartwright ; Arctic clothing from Greenland / Frederikke Petrussen ; The poor man's raincoat : Alaskan fish-skin garments / Fran Reed ; Tupigat (twined things) : Yup'ik grass clothing, past and present / Ann Fienup-Riordan ; Birds and Eskimos / Shepard Krech III -- Part III. Styles and techniques. Eskimo sewing techniques in relation to contemporary sewing techniques : seen through a copy of a Qilakitsoq costume / Karen Pedersen ; Iniqsimajuq : caribou-skin preparation in Igloolik, Nunavut / Leah Aksaajuq Otak ; Amautiit / Rhoda Akpaliapik Karetak ; Women's skin coats from West Greenland : with special focus on formal clothing of caribou skin from the early nineteenth century / Anne Bahnson ; The Roald Amundsen Collection : the impact of a skin preparation method on preservation / Torunn Klokkernes and Nalini Sharma ; The remarkable clothing of the medieval Norse Greenlanders / Else Ostergard -- Part IV. Change and responses to outside influences. Dressing up in Greenland : a discussion of change and world fashion in early-colonial West Greenlandic dress / Soren T. Thuesen ; Formal clothing : the Greenlandic national costume / Gertrud Kleinschmidt ; Clothing as a visual representation of identities in East Greenland / Cunera Buijs ; Kayak clothing in contemporary Greenlandic kayak clubs / Birgit Pauksztat ; Caribou, reindeer and rickrack : some factors influencing cultural change in northern Alaska, 1880-1940 / Cyd Martin ; Hairnets and fishnets : the Yup'ik Eskimo Kaapaaq in historical context /Molly Lee -- Part V. Clothing and art. Clothing in Inuit art / Nelson Graburn ; Skin applique and stencil prints / James Houston ; Clothing portraits : identity and meaning in Inuit figure studies from the Eastern Arctic / J.C.H. King ; Kiana Creations : Inupiaq parkas as wearable art /Glenna C. Kiana Maluding
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 153-157
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