Book of Indian Crafts and Indian Lore (eBook)

The Perfect Guide to Creating Your Own Indian-Style Artifacts

Julian Harris Salomon (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2015
432 Seiten
Skyhorse Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-62914-878-6 (ISBN)

Infos

A fascinating introduction to a variety of Native American projects and history!Learn everything there is to know about Indian crafts and lore. Julian Harris Salomon takes you on a breathtaking journey of Native American customs and traditions. Originally published in 1928, this book is filled with dozens of illustrations portraying Indian art that will help you learn about traditional creations and customs. See why camp directors and leaders of Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts look to Indian lore to enrich their programs in handicrafts, ceremonial studies, and geography. Some of the many projects featured include: Crafting eagle-feather bonnets Building campfires Making bow and arrows Constructing tipis and wigwamsAdults and children alike will learn about the history behind each and every project. Why are dance ceremonies an integral part of Native American culture? Why did the Indians prefer using a bow and arrows for survival in an age when muskets were the norm? Explore the numerous methods and instructions for an assortment of games and sports, such as lacrosse, football race, and toss and catch. These particular games and dances werent just for entertainment; they were also performed to avert disaster, heal the sick, and summon rain.The Book of Indian Crafts and Indian Lore isnt just an instructional piece, but an anthropologists companion. It is a book of wonder containing valuable research and information you wont find anyplace else.

Autor

Julian Harris Salomon was a historical expert of Native American culture when befriended by an Indian boy who made him his first set of bow and arrows. Since then, he had taken the mantle in reviving and studying the history of America’s long historic culture.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.1.2015
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Handarbeit / Textiles
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Heimwerken / Do it yourself
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Kreatives Gestalten
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Alaska • America • American Indian • american sign • amnh • Arizona • ARROWs • authentic indian • bark • basketry • baskets • Beads • Beadwork • books on american signs • books on arrows • books on basketries • books on baskets • books on beads • books on cherokees • books on craft projects • books on crafts • books on da • books on dances • books on ethnologists • books on indian signs • books on native american patterns • books on native americans • books on poles • books on potlatches pining • books on raw materials • books on teepees • books on tomkins • books on woodlands • Boy Scouts • canoes • ceremonials • Cherokee • Costumes • Craft Projects • Crafts • cub scout • dances • dance steps • Delaware • ethnologists • gabled • handicrafts • Headdresses • indian sign • indians native american patterns • Iroquois • Mason • Matting • moccasins • naskapi • Native Americans • Needle • New York • nootka • North America • Pine • plains indian • plains tribes • Poles • potlatches • Pueblos • Raw Materials • Regalia • Robert Baden-Powell • Sign Language • South America • teepee • Tipi • tomkins • Tribal • water-tight • Wigwams • woodland • zuñi
• ISBN-10: 1-62914-878-4 / 1629148784
• ISBN-13: 978-1-62914-878-6 / 9781629148786