Copper and Caribou Inuit Skin Clothing Production
by Oakes, Jillian E
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Hull, Quebec: Canadian Museum Of Civilization, 1991. Paperback. pp. xii, 277. 4to. Black and white maps, photographs, and illustrations. Light shelfwear, rubbing to rear, ink owner's name to inside front cover; very good+. This academic study includes an analysis of skin clothing construction methods and usages, with information gathered through discussions with experienced Inuit seamtresses. Oakes details how this analysis revealed social, economic and physical factors that have influenced skin clothing production, and shares notes on skin selection and preparation, the development of patterns, measuring/cutting/fitting techniques, and more.
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- Title
- Copper and Caribou Inuit Skin Clothing Production
- Author
- Oakes, Jillian E
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0660129094
- ISBN 13
- 9780660129099
- Publisher
- Canadian Museum Of Civilization
- Place of Publication
- Hull, Quebec
- Date Published
- 1991
- Keywords
- Fashion; Ethnology; Indigenous; Construction;
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