Alaska Native Art.Alaska Native Art Susan W. Fair University of Alaska Press The University of Alaska Press is a nonprofit scholarly publisher and distributor of works concerning Alaska, the northern Pacific Rim, and the circumpolar regions. It is associated with the University of Alaska. Box 756240, Fairbanks, AK 99775 1889963798, $65.00 www.uaf.edu/uapress 1-888-252-6657 The history, culture and traditions of Alaska Natives Alaska Natives are indigenous peoples of the Americas native to the state of Alaska within the United States. They include Inupiat, Yupik, Aleut, and several Native American peoples, including Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, Eyak, and a number of Northern Athabaskan peoples. receive examination in ALASKA NATIVE ART, a survey which considers the works of Alaska artists of the 20th century. From basketry basketry, art of weaving or coiling and sewing flexible materials to form vessels or other commodities. The materials used include twigs, roots, strips of hide, splints, osier willows, bamboo splits, cane or rattan, raffia, grasses, straw, and crepe paper. to beadwork beadwork Ornamental work in beads. In the Middle Ages beads were used to embellish embroidery work. In Renaissance and Elizabethan England, clothing, purses, fancy boxes, and small pictures were adorned with beads. and skin sewing, examples of such works appear in full color throughout ALASKA NATIVE ART, accompanied by detailed explorations of the artists, their traditions, and their culture. ALASKA NATIVE ART is a specialty item, but a top pick for any serious library strong in either ethnic arts or Alaska history and culture. |
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