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OverviewAlaska Eskimo Footwear celebrates the incredible beauty and spiritual significance of the shoes and boots worn by Alaska Native peoples. Stunning photography brings the harsh and striking environment of the North alive 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—Inupiaq, Yup’ik, Alutiiq, and St. Lawrence Islander—discuss skin preparation, boot construction, and decoration. A tribute to exquisite art and the women who practice it, Alaska Eskimo Footwear brings the beauty of the North—and its traditional wares—to life. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jill Oakes , Rick RiewePublisher: University of Alaska Press Imprint: University of Alaska Press Dimensions: Width: 21.60cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 27.90cm Weight: 0.822kg ISBN: 9781602230064ISBN 10: 1602230064 Pages: 176 Publication Date: 15 June 2007 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsForeword by Sonja BataPrefaceAcknowledgmentsA Note on Sources 1 Introduction2 Women's Tools and Skin Preparation3 The Inupiat of the Northwest Coast4 Kotzebue Sound Inupiat5 Bering Sea Inupiat and Yupiit6 Nunivak Island, Nelson Island, and Central Alaska Yupiit7 St. Lawrence Island Yupiit8 Aleutian Islanders and North Pacific Alutiit Appendix I Alaska Eskimo and Aleut LanguagesAppendix II Identifying Alaska Eskimo FootwearAppendix III GlossaryReferences IndexReviewsAuthor InformationJill 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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