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Seattle WA: Pacific Search Press, 1982. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardcover, burgundy boards stamped in gilt, in a lightly worn, price-clipped dust jacket. 234 pages, b&w illustrations. Describes the origin of the Chilkat or Dancing blanket and provides detailed information on materials, spinning, dyeing and weaving techniques. The Chilkat Dancing Blanket is the life story of a magnificent woven robe which graced the shoulders of Indian nobility from Yakutat, Alaska to Vancouver Island, British Columbia. From the legendary origins of this weaving, the story unfolds to tell of the women who wove it, of the source and inspiration for the designs which adorn it, and of the pride and esteem in which it was held by the society which gave it birth. The Dancing Blanket was a robe reserved for ceremony. The remarkable photographs of Tony Hunt performing the Headdress Dance afford a rare opportunity to see this blanket in its full glory, alive and dancing. No markings. Record # 378640
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The Chilkat Dancing Blanket Hardcover - 1982
by Cheryl Samuel; Sara Porter (Illustrator); Duane Pasco (Illustrator)
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- Title The Chilkat Dancing Blanket
- Author Cheryl Samuel; Sara Porter (Illustrator); Duane Pasco (Illustrator)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 234
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Pacific Search Press, Seattle
- Date 1982
- ISBN 9780914718697 / 091471869X
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 82005824
- Dewey Decimal Code 746.970
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USA: Pacific Search Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. 091471869x . 234 pages. Footnotes. Bibliography. Index. Signed by author upon title page. Profusely illustrated, primarily in black and white, plus some colour photographic plates. "The life story of a magnificent woven robe which graced the shoulders of Indian nobility from Yakutat, Alaska to Vancouver Island, British Columbia. From the legendary origins of this weaving, the story unfolds to tell of the women who wove it, of the source and inspiration for the designs which adorn it, and of the pride and esteem in which it was held by the society which gave it birth... Photographs of Dancing Blankets from many museum collections and of weavings in progress are knitted together with beautiful drawings in order to illustrate this complicated process... Interweaves legend, history, and technique and is presented in honor of the women who created this exquisite art form." - from dust jacket.…
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