Soapstone and Seed Beads: Arts and Crafts at the Charles Camsell Hospital, a Tuberculosis Sanatorium (and) The Charles Camsell Garment Collection

Jasper Printing for The Provincial Museum of Alberta, 1993

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Year of publication

1993

ISBN

0773210768

Author

Annalisa, And Ruth L. Mcconnell (And) Jill E. Oakes Staples

Publishers

Jasper Printing for The Provincial Museum of Alberta

Keyword

Pants, Stockings, Parka, Boys, Outer, Coat, Bonnet, Inuit, Caribou, Skin, Sinew, Wool, Yarn, Dene, Athapaskan, Central Arctic, Copper, Fur Seal, Blackfoot, Subarctic, Jacket, Dog, Skin, Boots, Wolverine, wolf, Symbolic meaning in clothing, Gender, Age, Status, Spiritual, protection

Binding description

Dust jacket

State of preservation

Very Good

Binding

Softcover

Inscribed

First edition

Description

Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. B&W photos throughout. 58 pages in large format, chapters include: Tuberculosis: impact on native lives, The occupational therapy program, The creation of the arts and crafts collection, The fole of the museum: The Charles Camsell hospital collection project. With two catalogues for the crafts collection (55 exhibits each with a photo and description) and the garment collection (16 exhibits each with a photo and description.) The garment collection is very well described and includes sections on The significance of the garment collection, Materials and production used to produce items in the collection, & The meaning of dress (Symbolic meaning in clothing, Gender, Age,Status, Spiritual protection. )