To Honor and Comfort: Native Quilting Traditions

By Marsha L. MacDowell

Book Overview

Through the voices of quilters, this book explores the images and meanings of Winnebago ribbon quilts, Plains Indian star designs, Yuwupi giveaway quilts, Hawaiian appliqued quilts, the seal party... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0890133174
• ISBN13: 9780890133170
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: Museum of New Mexico Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.8" x 9.8"

Customer Reviews

Beautiful and Educational

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.