TY  - BOOK
AU  - McNutt,Nan
AU  - Point,Susan
AU  - Fernandes,Rodger
TI  - The spindle whorl: a Northwest Coast Indian art activity book 
SN  - 1570611157
PY  - 1997///
CY  - Seattle
PB  - Sasquatch Books
KW  - Creative activities and arts
KW  - BCACCS
KW  - First Nations
KW  - Art
KW  - British Columbia
KW  - Children's literature
N1  - Ages 9 - 12; Includes an adult teaching guide; 3-6
N2  - Examines the Spindle Whorl and art of the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast, and provides detailed instructions for reproducing it. The Spindle Whorl focuses on the art represented by the carvings on the whorl of a spindle - a tool used in spinning wool. The carved whorl was used specifically by the Central Coast Salish peoples - other Nations did not carve the whorls. The book opens with a fictional story about a woman, Sulsuliya, and it is set before the coming of the Euro-Americans in the 1700's. The stages of a young woman's life, as represented by Sulsuliya, are described in the teaching guide which also includes a map, background information on the craft of spinning wool, a bibliography, and suggestions for designing your own whorl. Activity pages for children follow the story and include designs for creating a whorl, questions on artistic concepts like positive and negative space, and creating animal impressions using printmaking techniques. As in the other books in the series, the instructions, with black-and-white drawings, are clearly laid out and easy to follow and undersatnd. The centre page in each book is an elegant colour cut-out section of the featured art for the child to construct. (Source: CM: Canadian Review of Materials)
ER  -