Through the voices of quilters, writers, and folklorists, To Honor and Comfort 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 book.
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This lavishly illustrated collection of essays on Native American and Hawaiian quilters and quilting had its beginnings in an exhibit of the same name held at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian and touring through the year 2001. Until recently, the study of native quilting traditions was largely ignored by ethnographers, who concentrated their attention on aspects of Native American culture thought to be less influenced by contact with European culture. It is only in recent decades that quilting has been recognized as an important part of Native American and Hawaiian cultures. Photographs of 180 quilts along with 96 fascinating documentary photographs are included. Highly recommended for academic and large public library collections.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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This lavishly illustrated collection of essays and Native American and Hawaiian quilters and quilting had its beginning in an exhibition of the same name held at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian and touring through the year 2001. Until recently, the study of native quilting traditions was largely ignored by ethnographers, who concentrated their attention on aspects of Native American culture thought to be less influenced by contact with European culture. It is only in recent decades that quilting has been recognized as an important part of Native American and Hawaiian cultures. Photographs of 180 quilts along with 96 fascinating documentary photographs are included. Highly recommended for . . . large public library collections. -- Library Journal, December 1997
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This review is from: To Honor and Comfort: Native Quilting Traditions (Hardcover)
I must admit that until picking up this book, I had no idea that quilting was such an integral part of Native American culture. The little history we recieve on Native Americans had never touched on the power of quilts even within today's Native communities. MacDowell and Dewhurst have painted a comprehensive illustration of not only the beauty of Native quilting, but also the social importance of quilts as records and protectors of Native culture. The photographs and stories presented in this book are so eloquently presented that I could not put the book down. I leave it on my coffee table and have not ceased to attract the attention of every visitor.
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I look for the cultural study on quilt and this book indeeds offers some precious opions.
It's a pity that it emphasizes too much on the Hawaiian indigenous materials. But the study of the functions of quilt (not just in Hawaii) is very convincing.
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South Dakota, Native American, Collection of Michigan State University Museum, Native Hawaiian, North Dakota, New Mexico, North Carolina, Fort Peck Reservation, Margaret Wood, Rosebud Reservation, Warm Springs, Nellie Star Boy Menard, Pine Ridge, Lakota Sioux, New York, Nelson Island, Second Mesa, Spotted Tail, National Heritage Fellowship, Rapid City, United States, Mary Big Horse, Quilt Day, Mealii Kalama, Sharon Balai Browse Sample Pages:
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- Hidden in Plain View: A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad by Jacqueline L. Tobin in Back Matter
- Applique with Folded Cutwork by Anita Shackelford in Back Matter
- Learning to Be an Anthropologist & Remaining Native: Selected Writings by Beatrice Medicine in Back Matter
- Clearing a Path: Theorizing the Past in Native American Studies by Nancy Shoemaker on page 132
- Clearing a Path: Theorizing the Past in Native American Studies by Nancy Shoemaker on page 132
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