Elitekey : Micmac material culture from 1600 A.D. to the present / Ruth Holmes Whitehead ; photos by Ron Merrick.

Main entry:

Whitehead, Ruth Holmes, author.

Title & Author:

Elitekey : Micmac material culture from 1600 A.D. to the present / Ruth Holmes Whitehead ; photos by Ron Merrick.

Publication:

Halifax, Nova Scotia : Nova Scotia Museum, 1980.

Description:

84 pages : illustrations ; 22 x 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 76-78).
Pre-contact period costumes and decorative techniques -- Post-contact period costumes and decorative techniques -- Birchbark work -- Porcupine quillwork on birchbark -- Work in wood, bone, and stone -- Work in natural fibers -- Basketry.

Summary:

Documents the wide range of materials, tools and techniques used by the Micmac Indians to make everyday items.

ISBN:

0919680135 (pbk.)
9780919680135 (pbk.)

Subject:

Micmac Indians Material culture.
Micmac art.
Indian arts Maritime Provinces.
Micmac Indians Material culture History.
First Nations Maritime Provinces Art.
First Nations Maritime Provinces Industries.
Arts des Peuples autochtones Provinces maritimes.
Micmac Culture matérielle Histoire.
Micmac Culture matérielle.
Art micmac.
Indian arts
Micmac (Indiens)
Maritime Provinces
Geschichte 1600-1980

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Merrick, Ronald E., photographer.

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 74068
Call No.: 8558 CAN; ID:86-B12652
Status: Available

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