In this lavishly illustrated and definitive reference book, Jill Oakes shares the bootmaking skills taught to her by expert seamstresses. Inuit women use boots as a medium to pass on traditional knowledge, display group affiliation, and communicate pride in their skills, utilizing the land's resources to create warm clothing and footwear whose artistry depicts their cultural diversity. 11.5x9", 224 pp, b&w and color illustrations.

Our Boots : An Inuit Women's Art

Oakes, Jill

Riewe, Rick

Douglas & McIntyre, Limited

Alaska Eskimo Footwear

<i>Alaska Eskimo Footwear</i> celebrates the incredible beauty and spiritual significance of the shoes and boots worn by Alaska Native peoples. Stunning photography brings the harsh and striking environment of the North alive and demonstrates how essential footwear was to native survival, while Eskimo seamstresses, dancers, and hunters explain the symbolic meaning of their traditional patterns and decorative details. This full-color volume features photographs from museum collections in Canada, the United States, and Russia, as contributors from each major Alaska Eskimo group—Inupiaq, Yup’ik, Alutiiq, and St. Lawrence Islander—discuss skin preparation, boot construction, and decoration. A tribute to exquisite art and the women who practice it, <i>Alaska Eskimo Footwear</i> brings the beauty of the North—and its traditional wares—to life.

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

University of Alaska Press

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