Encyclopedia Of American Indian Costume"This impressive reference work took ten years to write, and the waiting was well worth it. Nothing of this scope and magnitude on this subject has been done before."—Choice Slipping away from us in these times of the homogenization of culture are the traditions of older societies, some of them dating from 9000 B.C., who understood and were in tune with the changing vistas of the North American continent. Practical, yet with an eye for beauty, these peoples clothed themselves in a vast array of styles that will be forgotten unless preserved. The Encyclopedia of American Indian Costume offers complete descriptions and cultural contexts of the dress and ornamentation of the many nations that have shared this continent. The book is divided into ten cultural regions, with each chapter giving an overview of the regional clothing. Tribal information includes men's and women's basic dress, footwear, outerwear, hair styles, headgear, accessories, jewelry, armor, special costumes, garment decoration, face and body embellishment, and transitional dress after European contact. This beautifully designed book contains more than 150 photographs and illustrations.
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Contents
Chapter Five | 187 |
Chapter Six | 207 |
Chapter Seven | 241 |
Appendix One | 431 |
Appendix Two | 461 |
Illustration Credits | 487 |
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Common terms and phrases
abalone Accessories adorned Aleut Algonquian Armor Athapaskan bags bands beads beadwork belt blankets Body Embellishment boots braids breechclout buckskin buffalo California caribou cedar bark ceremonial cloth color cotton Cree culture Dance deer deerskin dentalium dentalium shells Denver Art Museum designs earrings Eskimo European Face and Body fastened feathers fibers flaps Footwear fringes front Garment Decoration gartered George Catlin Hair Styles Handbook of North headband headdress Headgear hide hood Hudson's Bay Company Jewelry Key Sources knee-length leggings masks Men's Basic Dress moccasins Museum neck necklaces nineteenth century North American Indians ornaments Outer Wear painted parkas Plains porcupine quillwork pouches Pueblo quills quillwork rawhide robes sashes scalplock seam sewn sexes shirts shoulder skirt sleeves Smithsonian Institution snowshoes Special Costumes strips tanned leather tattooed thongs Tlingit trade Transitional Dress tribes Tsimshian tule grass twined usually warriors weaving winter Women wore wore the hair worn woven wrapped
References to this book
A Native American Encyclopedia: History, Culture, and Peoples Barry Pritzker No preview available - 2000 |
Native America Today: A Guide to Community Politics and Culture Barry Pritzker No preview available - 1999 |