Salish Blankets: Robes of Protection and Transformation, Symbols of Wealth
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| Rating | : | 4.24 (779 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0803296924 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-13 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Worn as ceremonial robes, the blankets are complex objects said to preexist in the supernatural realm and made manifest in the natural world through ancestral guidance. Drawing on first-person accounts of Salish community members, object analysis, and earlier ethnographic sources, the authors offer a wide-ranging material culture study of Coast Salish lifeways. . Salish Blankets presents a new perspective on Salish weaving through technical and anthropological lenses. The object, the maker, the wearer, and the comm
The authors have nimbly stitched together the fragments to create a whole.”—Barbara Brotherton, curator of Native American art at the Seattle Art Museum . “This book does so many things well. The sensitive and intelligent discussion reveals the difficulties of research and interpretation of an art form that was changing and in flux for many generations