80pp, bw photos and blackline drawings in text. Photo illustrated wrapper is clean and without wear. Binding square and not creased. Small octavo: 216x141mm.

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Title

Traditional Dress: Knowledge and Methods of Old-Time Clothings

Publisher

Good Medicine Books, Skookumchuck, BC, Canada

Publication Date

1990

Language

English

ISBN 10

0920698069

ISBN 13

9780920698068

Binding

Soft cover

Condition

Near Fine

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Synopsis

The following presentation is meant to inspire Your thoughts about personal appearance. It does not give step-by-step instructions for week-end diversion. Rather, it gathers together some of the old styles and some old methods, with the hope that You will be tempted to gather the materials at Your disposal and make some of the items to suit Your own personal thoughts and way of Life. Contents: Introduction; The Old Ways of Dressing; Introduction to Sewing; Moccasins; Fur Robes and Wool Blankets; Old-Time Overcoats; Mittens and Socks; Belts; Beading; Women's Clothing; Men's Clothing; Necklaces and Earrings; Hair; Painting and Tattooing; Sources for Dress Knowledge and Materials

About the Author

Adolf Hungry Wolf is a prolific author of numerous books on railroading, history, nature and native cultures. With his family he has written over fifty books while homesteading in the Canadian Rockies. For thirty years he has studied the traditional ways of his wife’s tribe, the Blackfoot Confederacy, while home schooling four children.

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