Arctic Clothing of North America-Alaska, Canada, Greenland : Alaska, Canada, Greenland

J.C.H. King is responsible for the North American collection, Department of Ethnography, the British Museum. Birgit Pauksztat is the Thaw Special Assistant, Department of Ethnography, the British Museum. Robert Storrie is a former assistant in the Depar Contents Preface Editorial Note List of Contributors Acknowledgements Map Introduction Keynote Address: Our Clothing, our Culture, our Identity Part I: Personal Narratives Seams of Time My Recollections – Nengqerralria,Yupiaq Elder Elena Charles How Do We Heal? Quiet and Reserved Splendor: Central Yup'ik Eskimo Fancy Garments of Kuskokwim Bay, Bering Sea Part II: Materials Caribou and Seal Hair: Examination by Scanning Electron Microscopy Arctic Clothing from Greenland The Poor Man's Raincoat: Alaskan Fish-skin Garments Tupigat (Twined Things): Yup'ik Grass Clothing, Past and Present Birds and Eskimos Part III: Styles and Techniques Eskimo SewingTechniques in Relation to Contemporary Sewing Techniques – Seen through a Copy of a Qilakitsoq Costume Iniqsimajuq: Caribou-skin Preparation in Igloolik, Nunavut Amautiit Women's Skin Coats from West Greenland – with Special Focus on Formal Clothing of Caribou Skin from the Early Nineteenth Century The Roald Amundsen Collection: The Impact of a Skin Preparation Method on Preservation The Remarkable Clothing of the Medieval Norse Greenlanders Part IV: Change and Responses to Outside Influences Dressing up in Greenland: A Discussion of Change and World Fashion in Early-colonial West Greenlandic Dress Formal Clothing: The Greenlandic National Costume Clothing as a Visual Representation of Identities in East Greenland Kayak Clothing in Contemporary Greenlandic Kayak Clubs Caribou, Reindeer and Rickrack: Some Factors Influencing Cultural Change in Northern Alaska, 1880–1940 Hairnets and Fishnets:The Yup'ik Eskimo Kaapaaq in Historical Context Part V: Clothing and Art Clothing in Inuit Art Skin Appliqué and Stencil Prints Clothing Portraits: Identity and Meaning in Inuit Figure Studies from the Eastern Arctic Kiana Creations: Iñupiaq Parkas as Wearable Art References Index Photographic Acknowledgements "Arising from a conference held at the British Museum in 2001, Arctic Clothing of North America - Alaska, Canada, Greenland is a wide-ranging and authoritative account of clothing use in the north. For the first time, contributors include Native and non-Native artists and seamstresses, anthropologists, historians, curators and conservators with expertise in Alaska, Canada and Greenland."--Résumé de l'éditeur