Salish Blankets: Robes of Protection and Transformation, Symbols of Wealth

Salish Blankets presents a new perspective on Salish weaving through technical and anthropological lenses. Worn as ceremonial...
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Author: Leslie H. Tepper
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Language: English
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Salish Blankets: Robes of Protection and Transformation, Symbols of Wealth by Tepper, Leslie H.

Salish Blankets: Robes of Protection and Transformation, Symbols of Wealth

$152.90

Salish Blankets: Robes of Protection and Transformation, Symbols of Wealth

$152.90
Author: Leslie H. Tepper
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Salish Blankets presents a new perspective on Salish weaving through technical and anthropological lenses. Worn as ceremonial robes, the blankets are complex objects said to preexist in the supernatural realm and made manifest in the natural world through ancestral guidance. The blankets are protective garments that at times of great life changes--birth, marriage, death--offer emotional strength and mental focus. A blanket can help establish the owner's standing in the community and demonstrate a weaver's technical expertise and artistic vision. The object, the maker, the wearer, and the community are bound and transformed through the creation and use of the blanket.

Drawing on first-person accounts of Salish community members, object analysis, and earlier ethnographic sources, the authors offer a wide-ranging material culture study of Coast Salish lifeways. Salish Blankets explores the design, color/pigmentation, meaning, materials, and process of weaving and examines its historical and cultural contexts.


Author: Leslie H. Tepper, Janice George, Willard Joseph
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 07/01/2017
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.77h x 6.07w x 0.51d
ISBN: 9780803296923


Review Citation(s):
Choice 01/01/2018

About the Author

Leslie H. Tepper is the curator of Western ethnology at the Canadian Museum of History. She is the author of Earthline and Morning Star: Nlaka'pamux Clothing Traditions and coauthor of Legends of Our Times: Native Cowboy Life. Janice George (Chepximiya Siyam) is a co-owner (along with Willard Joseph) of the L'hen Awtxw: The Weaving House studio. She is a hereditary chief of a Squamish family. Willard Joseph (Skwetsimltexw), the great-great-grandson of Harriett Johnnie, weaves and teaches.


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