Nuvisavik The Place Where We Weave by Maria Von Finckenstein ISBN 13: 9780773523357

McGill-Queen's University Press. Used - Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside.

McGill-Queen's University Press. Used - Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside.

Mcgill-Queens University Press, 2002. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

McGill-Queen's University Press, 2002-05-01. Paperback. Fine/n/a. New. Fine in publisher's decorated wrappers. Available in our UK premises for prompt dispatch worldwide.

Mcgill Queens Univ Pr, 2002-02-07. Paperback. Good.

Mcgill Queens Univ Pr, 2002-02-07. Paperback. Used:Good.

Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2002. Paperback. VG- very light interior foxing, minor corner and edge wear.. Color-illustrated wraps with yellow, tan and white lettering. viii, 202 pp. Color and BW illustrations. In 1970 a small group of young Inuit women in Pangnirtung on Baffin Island began to tell a story - a story about their past, their culture, their lives - a story told through woven pictures. The first book dedicated to the art form of tapestry weaving, Nuvisavik shows how weaving became a bridge between nomadic camp life and life in a permanent settlement. The tapestries, meticulously woven by women trained by their mothers as seamstresses, portray images wistfully remembered by elders in the community and captured by local artists. Both the drawings and the tapestries convey the pride of the Inuit in their culture. The tapestries are presented against a rich cultural and historical context. Two of the essays in the book are based on interviews with elders and reflect the… Read more

Montreal/Seattle: Canadian Museum of Civilization/ McGill-Queen's University of Washington Press, 2002. 1st. Softcover. Very Good/None. 202 pages, paperback. Current Canadian Eskimo folk weavers. With color illustrations throughout. Price sticker residue to front flyleaf. Mild edgewear and rubbing to wraps. Unmarked. Bright and clean; a tight copy. Record # 951653

Paperback. Very Good.

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