Takes a look at the field of contemporary Arctic clothing. Questions of identity, the semiotics and function of dress, and the ownership of design are explored along with the nature of people's creativity. Many essays address areas such as fish-skin clothing, hairnets, the use of grass, birds and costume, and kayak clothing.The Inupiat made belts of the wing feathers of ducks, and a dancer wore a headband in which eagle feathers had been inserted ... Figure 5 (above) Parka of the skin of auks or little auks (dovekies), made by the Inughuit in northern Greenland, anbsp;...
Title | : | Arctic Clothing |
Author | : | Jonathan C. H. King, Birgit Pauksztat, Robert Storrie |
Publisher | : | - 2005 |
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