Elitekey: Micmac Material Culture from 1600 A.D. to the Present

Description:

Elitekey (pronounced él-li-dey-geh) is the Micmac word for "I fashion things". The book documents five centuries of Micmac material culture, ranging in time from the period before contact with Europeans to the present day. A history and technical explanation is given for crafts in the following areas: costume and decorative techniques; birchbark work; porcupine quillwork on birchbark; work in wood, bone, stone and natural fibres; and the art of basketry. -- from back cover. Illustrated with 47 black-and-white photographs of fine art paintings, drawings, petroglyphs, excavated artifacts, Micmac peoples and decorated artifacts, motifs and techniques. 1 map.

subjects: Indians of North America,  Indians of Canada,  American Indian Material Culture,  Native American Material Culture,  First Nations Material Cultre,  American Indian Art and Crafts,  Native American Art and Crafts,  First Nations Arts and Crafts,  Micmac Indians,  Micmac Art and Crafts,  Micmac Material Culture,  Micmac Costume,  Micmac Decorative Techniques,  Micmac Birchbark Work,  Micmac Quillwork,  Micmac Carvings,  Micmac Basketry,  Micmac Ribbonwork,  Material culture,  Micmac art,  Fiction, general

Places: Maritime Provinces,  New England