Reviews for Native American Clothing: An Illustrated History

The average rating for Native American Clothing: An Illustrated History based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-11-01 00:00:00 Ronald Susmarski A good book with first-rate photos and color reproduction. Here's an example: -- a great Chumash basket, circa 1800. View large for the best effect. Pretty remarkable. I photographed a 1/3 page spread. Two more examples there, if you back up. As you can see, Brasser's book goes well beyond clothing. I'll have to check out our library copy again, as it came due before I could do a proper review.

Review # 2 was written on 2010-03-15 00:00:00 Robert Gray At first glance this book appears to be any ordinary Smithsonian level coffeetable book. It is not. It blends myth, legend, religion, archeology, climatology and sociology. It is as much a study in the material cultures of the Native American nations as it is a document on the resources that shaped the cultures as those cultures adapted to their environments. By no means does the book capture the diversity and complexity of Native American mythology and religion, but it does do a decent job of blending stories into the materials that have been left behind and preserved from those traditional generations. I found the segments on Great Lakes nations and Arctic peoples to be very compelling.