From the giant cedar of the rainforest came a wealth of raw materials vital to the way of life, art and culture of the early First Nations people of the Northwest Coast. All parts of the cedar tree had many uses. From the wood, skilled men made ocean-going canoes, massive post-and- beam houses, monumental carved poles that declared history, rights and lineage, and powerful dance masks. Women dextrously wove the inner bark into mats and baskets, plied it into ocordage and netting or processed it into soft, warn, water ...
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From the giant cedar of the rainforest came a wealth of raw materials vital to the way of life, art and culture of the early First Nations people of the Northwest Coast. All parts of the cedar tree had many uses. From the wood, skilled men made ocean-going canoes, massive post-and- beam houses, monumental carved poles that declared history, rights and lineage, and powerful dance masks. Women dextrously wove the inner bark into mats and baskets, plied it into ocordage and netting or processed it into soft, warn, water-repellent clothing. They also made the strong withes into heavy-duty rope and wove the roots into watertight baskets. Hilary Stewart explains, through her vivid descriptions, 550 detailed drawings and 50 photographs, the tools and techniques used, as well as the superbly crafted objects and their uses--all in the context of daily and ceremonial life. Anecdotes, oral history and the accounts of early explorers, traders, missionaries and native elders highlight the text.
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Seller's Description:
Very good. Hardback with dust jacket. Dust jacket is in good condition. Cover edges and corners in good shape. Spine is tight. Pages are clean, no markings, notes or stains. Ships from Friends bookstore to benefit Beaverton (Oregon) library.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 10x9x0; Fifth printing. Tight binding with light shelf rubbing to edges, corners. Small light stains to bottom edge of text block. Text and images unmarked. The dust jacket is clean and shows mild shelf wear, in a mylar cover.
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Good. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Light scuffing and smudging to boards and spine strip. Dust jacket wrapped in protective mylar sleeve. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 10x9x0; Signed by Stewart on the half-title page. The binding is tight, the top corner of the front panel is lightly bumped. Text and images are unmarked. The pictorial dust jacket shows some light general handling, in a mylar cover.
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Illustrated by Hilary Stewart. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 0295961600. Tight clean book, unmarked but for a collective of inscriptions and signatures to the half-title page; in a gleaming dust jacket.; 192 pages.
i buy the cedar book every chance i get! i give as gifts and donate to the indian school and the makah museum. this book is excellent if you work with cedar or a weaver. hillary stewarts books are awesome!!! a must have!!!
gretchensmall
Feb 4, 2010
excellent detail
As someone who lives in the Pacific Northwest coastal rainforest, I was excited to see this book. It is readable, covers, in detail, the many aspects of cedar in the culture and lives of the native peoples here. It is useful for understanding the cultural richness of the area. But what I wanted it for was explaining how the people actually made everything from houses to clothing from cedar, and this book is outstanding as a craft book.
