Alaska native art
Subtitle: tradition, innovation, continuity
By: Susan W. Fair ; Jean Blodgett, editor.
Contributors: Blodgett, Jean, 1945-
Publisher: University of Alaska Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Fairbanks, AK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9781889963792; 9781889963822
Subjects: Inuit art -- Alaska; Aleut art -- Alaska; Indians of North America -- Alaska -- Social life and customs
Description: From the Publisher: Ranging from the islands of the Bering Sea to Alaska's interior forests, Alaska Native Art celebrates the rich art of Alaska's Native peoples, both setting their work in the context of historical traditions and demonstrating the vibrant role it continues to play in contemporary Alaskan culture. Alaska Native Art showcases a staggering array of types of art-from beadwork to ivory carving, basketry to skin sewing-from Aleutian Islander, Pacific Eskimo, Tlingit, Athabaskan, Yup'ik, and Inupiaq artists, as well as full-color photographs of artists at work. Lavishly produced, and featuring a fascinating study by author Susan W. Fair of the concept of tradition in the modern world, it is a tribute to the incredible vision of Alaska's Native artists.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Nature of tradition; title: "Eskimos" and "Aleuts"; title: Alaska Indians; title: Genres, boundaries, and ways of making; title: Assembling collections, making exhibitions; title: Importance of place; title: Tradition as process.