To Honor and Comfort: Native Quilting Traditions - Rilegato

Michigan State University Museum

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0890133166 ISBN 13: 9780890133163

Casa editrice: Museum of New Mexico Pr, 2003

Riassunto

Through the voices of quilters, writers, and folklorists, this book explores the images and meanings of Winnebago ribbon quilts, Plains Indian star designs, Yuwupi giveaway quilts, Hawaiian appliqued quilts, the seal party quilts of the Nelson Island Eskimos, and many more. Essays on contemporary and historical quilting traditions from around the country and rare historical photographs highlight this lavishly illustrated volume.

Su questo libro

Product Description:

For more than 150 years, quilting has provided native peoples of America and Hawaii with a continuing ritual medium to pass on their traditional artistic and cultural legacies. This remarkable book features numerous quilts, essays on contemporary and historical quilting traditions, images and meanings, documentary photographs, as well as profiles of quilters around the country.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Museum of New Mexico Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0890133166
• ISBN 13: 9780890133163
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 230
• Redattore: Macdowell Marsha L., Dewhurst C. Kurt