Tengautuli Atkuk / the Flying Parka - The Meaning and Making of Parkas in Southwest Alaska

"Based on nearly two decades of the authors' conversations with Yup'ik sewing groups in southwestern Alaskan communities and in group visits to the National Museum of the American Indian and the National Museum of Natural History to examine historical parkas, this volume documents the social importance of parkas, the intricacies of their construction, and their exceptional beauty"--

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Ann Fienup-Riordan, Alice Rearden, and Marie Meade

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• Authors: Ann Fienup-Riordan, Ann Rearden Fienup-Riordan, Marie Meade, Alice Rearden
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.10.2023
• EAN: 9780295751740
• ISBN: 978-0-295-75174-0
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: Tengautuli Atkuk / The Flying Parka
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore