The Chilkat Dancing Blanket

by Cheryl Samuel

Book Overview

The Chilkat Dancing Blanket is the life story of a magnificent woven robe which graced the shoulders of Indian nobility from Yakutat, Alaska to Vancouver Island, British Columbia. From the legendary origins of this weaving, the story unfolds to tell of the women who wove it, of the source and inspiration for the designs which adorn it, and of the pride and esteem in which it was held by the society which gave it birth. The Dancing Blanket was a robe...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806122994
• ISBN13: 9780806122991
• Release Date: September 1990
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.6" x 11.1"