Tengautuli atkuk = The flying parka : the meaning and making of parkas in southwest Alaska / Ann Fienup-Riordan, Alice Rearden, Marie Meade.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fienup-Riordan, Ann, author.

Rearden, Alice, author.

Meade, Marie, author.

Contributor:

Professor Elisabeth J. Tooker Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Yupik Eskimos--Clothing--Alaska.

Yupik Eskimos.

Parkas--Alaska--History.

Parkas.

Ethnic costume--Alaska.

Ethnic costume.

Yupik Eskimos--Social life and customs.

Alaska.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

xvi, 296 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 26 cm

Other Title:

Flying parka

Meaning and making of parkas in southwest Alaska

Place of Publication:

Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2023]

Summary:

"Based on nearly two decades of the authors' conversations with Yup'ik sewing groups in southwestern Alaskan communities and in group visits to the National Museum of the American Indian and the National Museum of Natural History to examine historical parkas, this volume documents the social importance of parkas, the intricacies of their construction, and their exceptional beauty"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Yup'ik tradition bearers

Parkas in Yup'ik tales and stories

Women were constantly sewing

Making a fur parka

Birdskin parkas

Seal-gut parkas

Fish-skin parkas

Parka conversations in museums

Learning to make an atasuarek

Parka making today

Parka stories

Parka words.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Professor Elisabeth J. Tooker Fund.

ISBN:

9780295751726

029575172X

9780295751740

0295751746

OCLC:

1379455709

Publisher Number:

99995359680