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To Honor And Comfort: Native Quilting Traditions
Marsha L. MacDowell | C. Kurt Dewhurst

To Honor And Comfort: Native Quilting Traditions

Museum of New Mexico Press (Oct 08, 1997)
9780890133170
| Paperback
240 pages | 246 x 277 mm | English
Dewey 746.4608997
LC Classification E98.T35 .T6 1997
LC Control No. 97027063

Genre

  • Historical

Subject

  • Hawaiian Textile Fabrics/ History
  • Indian Textile Fabrics
  • Indian Textile Fabrics/ North America/ History
  • Quilting
  • Quilting/ North America/ History

Plot

Through the voices of quilters, writers, and folklorists, this book explores the images and meanings of Winnebago ribbon quilts, Plains Indian star designs, Yuwupi giveaway quilts, Hawaiian appliqued quilts, the seal party quilts of the Nelson Island Eskimos, and many more. Essays on contemporary and historical quilting traditions from around the country and rare historical photographs highlight this lavishly illustrated volume.

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