Trade ornament usage among the native peoples of Canada : a source book

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Trade ornament usage among the native peoples of Canada : a source book / Karlis Karklins.

Karklins, Karlis. (Author). Canadian Parks Service. National Historic Sites. (Added Author).

Summary:

Study describes in chronological order how the various trade ornaments (material culture) were used from initial contact to circa 1900 by representative tribes of the seven major native groups of Canada. Based on extensive search of published and manuscript sources, supplemented by examination of historical paintings, photographs and ethnographical specimens

Record details

ISBN: 9780660143972 (pbk.)
ISBN: 0660143976 (pbk.)
Physical Description: 244 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Publisher: Ottawa : National Historic Sites, Parks Service, Environment Canada, c1992.
Copyright: ©1992

Content descriptions

General Note:: Issued also in French under title: Les parures de traite chez les peuples autochtones du Canada.
Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references: p. [231]-244.
Formatted Contents Note:: Ch I: Migratory tribes of the eastern woodlands -- Ch II: Agricultural tribes of the eastern woodlands -- Ch III: Tribes of the plains -- Ch IV: Tribes of the mackenzie subarctic -- Ch V: Tribes of the cordillera and plateau -- VI: Tribes of the pacific coast -- Ch VII: The inuit -- Ch VIII: Conclusion.