Bentwood Box

By Nan McNutt

Book Overview

The Bentwood Book is an activity book for kids from ages 9-12, including teaching guides. It tells the story of how indians from the Nortwest Coast made boxes out of bent wooden planks. Introduces... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0961453478
• ISBN13: 9780961453473
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Pacific Pipeline
• Length: 36 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.3" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 8 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 8

Customer Reviews

Native American art projects

I have used this book with elementary students with nice results.The first few pages describe how the Northwest Coast Indians made, decorated and used wooden boxes. Then line-drawn patterns are given which can be colored, cut out, and pieced together like a puzzle. There is a Salmon Egg Paint recipe for making the same type of paint the Indians used. There are instructions for making a Bentwood Box out of heavy paper, which is then decorated. The design templates imitate well the art of the Northwest Indians, similar to that used on totem poles.