The Raven's TailTo produce this book, Cheryl Samuel travelled to Leningrad, Copenhagen,and London to examine the six robes in Europe. She also studied therobes housed in museums in Canada and the United States. In 1985, shereconstructed Chief Kotlean's robe, using information she hadgathered from her study of the actual robes and Tikhanov'spaintings. In the process, she resurrected an old weaving style nolonger used by the Native people on the northern coast. Through herextensive and careful research, Cheryl Samuel makes an importantcontribution to the knowledge of early Indian weaving. |
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Contents
Prelude | 8 |
Ravens Tail Robes and Chilkat Dancing | 16 |
The Materials of Woollen Twining | 24 |
FurSided Robe | 86 |
A Tale of Transition | 155 |
Acknowledgements | 162 |
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bar units Bill Holm black and white black and yellow black border black side border black side fringe black three-strand twining black weft bottom border braided twining centimetres central design field centre line Chilkat Dancing Blankets Chilkat weaving colour compact two-strand twining concentric figures Data Present Location design units diagonal lines diamond edge four warp ends front fur strip ground twining Haida heading cord horizontal knot Kotlean Kruzof Island lark's head left side Leningrad Lynn Canal millimetres mountain goat wool Museum º º º overhand knot pattern wefts Raven's Tail robes right corner right side rigid weft twining robe Fig rows of white selvage band selvage pattern side cords side selvage pattern skip-stitch twining Slip knots spiral weft tattoo three-strand twining Tlingit top border two-colour border two-colour twining warp fringe weavers weft rows weft segment weft yarns white wefts yellow border yellow wefts zig-zag and bar zig-zag lines
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Raven's Tail |
| Author | Cheryl Samuel |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | UBC Press, 1987 |
| ISBN | 0774802243, 9780774802246 |
| Length | 167 pages |
| Subjects | › Art / General |
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