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Title |
A Life Painted in Yarn: A Biography of Tlingit Chilkat Weaver Clara Newman Benson (Deinkul.át) (k is underlined) |
Object # |
RC 2022.0.24.1 |
Object Name |
Book |
Call Number |
921 BENSON |
Published Date |
2022 |
Author |
Jones, Zachary R. |
Publisher |
Sealaska Heritage Institute |
Edition |
first edition |
Description |
A Life Painted in Yarn: A Biography of Tlingit Chilkat Weaver Clara Newman Benson (Deinkul.át) (k is underlined) by Zachary R. Jones, Ph.D, 2022 "This essay provides the first biography of Tlingit Chilkat weaver Clara Newman Benson (Deink_ul.át) (1856-1935) of Klukwan, Alaska, and attributes her artistic creations. Benson was a significant weaver of her day and prolific producer of Chilkat weavings that function as ceremonial objects within the Tlingit community. Establishing her place in Alaska’s history and art history is one goal of this study, as well as adding content to the body of scholarship on historic Alaskan women." |
Provenance |
Museum aquisition. |
Physical Description |
softcover; cover features a color photograph of Chilkat garment woven by Clara Newman Benson; 36 pages; forward; photographs; endnotes |
ISBN |
978-1-946019-62-2 |
People |
Jones, Zachary R. Benson, Clara Newman (Deinkul.át) (k is underlined) |
Search Terms |
Woman Northwest Coast Northwest Coast Art Tlingit Weaving Chilkat Biography Alaska Klukwan, Alaska |
Collection |
Ketchikan Museums, RC 2022.0.24.1 |