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Skin Appliqué and Stencil Prints

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Chapters in this book

  1. Front Matter 1
  2. Contents 5
  3. Preface: Old Boots 8
  4. Editorial Note 9
  5. Introduction 12
  6. Keynote Address Our Clothing, our Culture, our Identity 23
  7. Personal Narratives
  8. Seams of Time 28
  9. My Recollections - Nengqerralria Yupiaq Elder Elena Charles 31
  10. How Do We Heal? 34
  11. Quiet and Reserved Splendor: Central Yup'ik Eskimo Fancy Garments of Kuskokwim Bay, Bering Sea 37
  12. Materials
  13. Caribou and Seal Hair: Examination by Scanning Electron Microscopy 42
  14. Arctic Clothing from Greenland 45
  15. The Poor Man's Raincoat: Alaskan Fish-skin Garments 48
  16. Tupigat (Twined Things): Yup'ik Grass Clothing, Past and Present 53
  17. Birds and Eskimos 62
  18. Styles and Techniques
  19. Eskimo Sewing Techniques in Relation to Contemporary Sewing Techniques - Seen Through a Copy of a Qilakitsoq Costume 70
  20. Iniqsimajuq: Caribou-skin Preparation in Igloolik, Nunavut 74
  21. Amautiit 80
  22. Women's Skin Coats from West Greenland -with Special Focus on Formal Clothing of Caribou Skin from the Early Nineteenth Century 84
  23. The Roald Amundsen Collection: The Impact of a Skin Preparation Method on Preservation 91
  24. The Remarkable Clothing of the Medieval Norse Greenlanders 95
  25. Change and Responses to Outside Influences
  26. Dressing Up in Greenland: A Discussion of Change and World Fashion in Early-colonial West Greenlandic Dress 100
  27. Formal Clothing: The Greenlandic National Costume 104
  28. Clothing as a Visual Representation of Identities in East Greenland 108
  29. Kayak Clothing in Contemporary Greenlandic Kayak Clubs 115
  30. Caribou, Reindeer and Rickrack: Some Factors Influencing Cultural Change in Northern Alaska, 1880-1940 121
  31. Hairnets and Fishnets:The Yup'ik Eskimo Kaapaaq in Historical Context 127
  32. Clothing and Art
  33. Clothing in Inuit Art 132
  34. Skin Appliqué and Stencil Prints 139
  35. Clothing Portraits: Identity and Meaning in Inuit Figure Studies from the Eastern Arctic 142
  36. Kiana Creations: Iñupiaq Parkas as Wearable Art 148
  37. References 153
  38. Index 158
  39. Photographic Acknowledgements 160
Arctic Clothing of North America-Alaska, Canada, Greenland
This chapter is in the book Arctic Clothing of North America-Alaska, Canada, Greenland
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780773573284-027

Chapters in this book

  1. Front Matter 1
  2. Contents 5
  3. Preface: Old Boots 8
  4. Editorial Note 9
  5. Introduction 12
  6. Keynote Address Our Clothing, our Culture, our Identity 23
  7. Personal Narratives
  8. Seams of Time 28
  9. My Recollections - Nengqerralria Yupiaq Elder Elena Charles 31
  10. How Do We Heal? 34
  11. Quiet and Reserved Splendor: Central Yup'ik Eskimo Fancy Garments of Kuskokwim Bay, Bering Sea 37
  12. Materials
  13. Caribou and Seal Hair: Examination by Scanning Electron Microscopy 42
  14. Arctic Clothing from Greenland 45
  15. The Poor Man's Raincoat: Alaskan Fish-skin Garments 48
  16. Tupigat (Twined Things): Yup'ik Grass Clothing, Past and Present 53
  17. Birds and Eskimos 62
  18. Styles and Techniques
  19. Eskimo Sewing Techniques in Relation to Contemporary Sewing Techniques - Seen Through a Copy of a Qilakitsoq Costume 70
  20. Iniqsimajuq: Caribou-skin Preparation in Igloolik, Nunavut 74
  21. Amautiit 80
  22. Women's Skin Coats from West Greenland -with Special Focus on Formal Clothing of Caribou Skin from the Early Nineteenth Century 84
  23. The Roald Amundsen Collection: The Impact of a Skin Preparation Method on Preservation 91
  24. The Remarkable Clothing of the Medieval Norse Greenlanders 95
  25. Change and Responses to Outside Influences
  26. Dressing Up in Greenland: A Discussion of Change and World Fashion in Early-colonial West Greenlandic Dress 100
  27. Formal Clothing: The Greenlandic National Costume 104
  28. Clothing as a Visual Representation of Identities in East Greenland 108
  29. Kayak Clothing in Contemporary Greenlandic Kayak Clubs 115
  30. Caribou, Reindeer and Rickrack: Some Factors Influencing Cultural Change in Northern Alaska, 1880-1940 121
  31. Hairnets and Fishnets:The Yup'ik Eskimo Kaapaaq in Historical Context 127
  32. Clothing and Art
  33. Clothing in Inuit Art 132
  34. Skin Appliqué and Stencil Prints 139
  35. Clothing Portraits: Identity and Meaning in Inuit Figure Studies from the Eastern Arctic 142
  36. Kiana Creations: Iñupiaq Parkas as Wearable Art 148
  37. References 153
  38. Index 158
  39. Photographic Acknowledgements 160
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