LEADER 03709nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910780684903321 005 20230912135351.0 010 $a7-7480-2243-7 010 $a1-283-22694-4 010 $a9786613226945 010 $a0-7748-5807-9 024 7 $a10.59962/9780774858076 035 $a(CKB)2430000000000373 035 $a(OCoLC)236350249 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10220658 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000377718 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11271357 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000377718 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10339614 035 $a(PQKB)10741131 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00602881 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3412526 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10227158 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL322694 035 $a(OCoLC)923446056 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/455vcb 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/3/406946 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3412526 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3255832 035 $a(DE-B1597)661166 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780774858076 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000000373 100 $a19880627d1987 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe raven's tail$b[electronic resource] /$fCheryl Samuel 210 $aVancouver $cUniversity of British Columbia Press$d1987 215 $a1 online resource (168 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7748-0224-3 311 $a0-7748-0296-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 164-165). 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tIntroduction -- $tThe Raven's Tail -- $tRaven's Tail Robes and Chilkat Dancing Blankets -- $tYeil Koowu -- $tThe Materials -- $tThe Techniques of Twining -- $tWeaving a Robe: Technique and Design -- $tRobes I to VII -- $tA Tale of Transition -- $tAcknowledgements -- $tBibliography -- $tMuseums -- $tIllustration Credits 330 $aOver two hundred years ago, when Europeans first visited the Northwest Coast of North America, the weavers of the area were making robes of exquisite beauty to adorn the wealthiest of their noble class. Patterned in bold black and white geometric designs streaked with scintillating dashes of yellow, these robes predate the better known Chilkat dancing blankets from the same area. Today only eleven of these robes exist, three of them as fragments. Another two are shown on Russian historical paintings by Mikhail Tikhanov. The only other known robes are found on an archival photograph and on two sketches by Pavel Mikhailof. To produce this book, Cheryl Samuel travelled to Leningrad, Copenhagen, and London to examine the six robes in Europe. She also studied the robes housed in museums in Canada and the United States. In 1985, she reconstructed Chief Kotlean's robe, using information she had gathered from her study of the actual robes and Tikhanov's paintings. In the process, she resurrected an old weaving style no longer used by the Native people on the northern coast. Through her extensive and careful research, Cheryl Samuel makes an important contribution to the knowledge of early Indian weaving. 606 $aIndian textile fabrics$zNorthwest Coast of North America 606 $aIndian art$zNorthwest Coast of North America 606 $aHand weaving$zNorthwest Coast of North America 615 0$aIndian textile fabrics 615 0$aIndian art 615 0$aHand weaving 676 $a746.1/4/09795 700 $aSamuel$b Cheryl$f1944-$01574235 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780684903321 996 $aThe raven's tail$93850370 997 $aUNINA