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"""Alaska Eskimo Footwear"" celebrates the beauty and spiritual significance of the shoes and boots worn by Alaska Native peoples. Stunning photography highlights the harsh and striking environment of the North and demonstrates how essential footwear was to Native survival, while Eskimo seamstresses, dancers, and hunters explain the symbolic meaning of their traditional patterns and decorative details. This full-color volume features photographs from museum collections in Canada, the United States, and Russia, as contributors from each major Alaska Eskimo group discuss skin preparation, boot construction, and decoration."

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Author:   Jill Oakes ,  Rick Riewe
Publisher:   University of Alaska Press
Imprint:   University of Alaska Press
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 27.90cm
Weight:   1.080kg
ISBN:  

9781889963808

ISBN 10:   1889963801
Pages:   176
Publication Date:   01 February 2006
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Jill Oakes teaches in the Department of Environment and Geography at the University of Manitoba. Rick Riewe is professor of zoology at the University of Manitoba, where he teaches ecology, resource management, and biology.

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