The button blanket : a Northwest Coast Indian art activity book / by Nan McNutt ; illustrations by Yasu Osawa, Northwest Coast art by Barry Scow.

By: McNutt, NanContributor(s): Scow, Barry [ill.] | Osawa, Yasu [ill.]Material type: TextTextSeries: A Northwest Coast Indian art seriesPublication details: Seatlle, Washington : Sasquatch Books, 1997Description: 41 p. : ill. ; 22 x 28 cmISBN: 1570611181Subject(s): Creative activities and arts | Kwagu'ł | Art -- British Columbia -- Art | Art -- Study and teachingSummary: Examines the button blanket design and art of the Indigenous peoples of the Northern Pacific Northwest Coast, and provides detailed instructions for reproducing it. Includes an adult teaching guide. he Button Blanket focuses on the button blankets in the art style of the Kwagu'ł. All northwest coast people used button blankets. This time the story has a contemporary setting and features a girl who is creating her own button blanket which she will dance in at a Potlatch. The cut-out craft is the creation of a button blanket for a paper doll. This activity is at a younger level than the other projects in the series. (Source: CM: Canadian Review of Materials)
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Ages 9 - 12. First Nations illustrator In memory of Gla-Why-Agliss - Chief William Scow, Hereditary Chief of the Kwiksutianeuk Tribe of the Kwagu'ł Nation.

Examines the button blanket design and art of the Indigenous peoples of the Northern Pacific Northwest Coast, and provides detailed instructions for reproducing it. Includes an adult teaching guide. he Button Blanket focuses on the button blankets in the art style of the Kwagu'ł. All northwest coast people used button blankets. This time the story has a contemporary setting and features a girl who is creating her own button blanket which she will dance in at a Potlatch. The cut-out craft is the creation of a button blanket for a paper doll. This activity is at a younger level than the other projects in the series. (Source: CM: Canadian Review of Materials)

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