Title: The artists behind the work : life histories of Nick Charles, Sr., Frances Demientieff, Lena Sours, Jennie Thlunaut /
Authors: Fienup-Riordan, Ann.; Dickey, Terry P.; Chin, Wanda W.; Jones, Suzi.; University of Alaska Museum.; NANA Museum of the Arctic.
Publisher: University of Alaska Museum,
Year: 1986
Subjects: Demientieff, Frances, Exhibitions.; Charles, Nick, Exhibitions.; Sours, Lena Exhibitions.; Thlunaut, Jennie, Exhibitions.; Indian artists Alaska Biography.; Indian artists Alaska Exhibitions.; Indian art Alaska Exhibitions.; Art, American Alaska Exhibitions.
Abstract: This book features the life history and craft of four Alaska Native artists. As a group, the artists represent four different Native cultures and four different art forms: Nicholas Charles, Sr., a Yup'ik Eskimo known for his carved and painted wood masks; Frances Demientieff, an Athabaskan bead worker and ski sewer; Lena Sours, an Inupiat skin sewer known for her fine parkas; and Jennie Thlunaut, a Chilkat Tlingit and maker of baskets and the famous Chilkat blankets.