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Techniques And Production Complexity Of Mississippian Period Textiles From Spiro, Oklahoma, Jenna Tedrick Kuttruff

Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings

The archaeological site of Spiro, which is located in eastern Oklahoma, was a major civic-ceremonial center of the Mississippian cultural period from approximately A.D. 900 to 1400. These prehistoric peoples developed an extensive trade network, a highly developed religious center, and a political system which controlled the region. An exceptionally rich assemblage of artifacts has been recovered from the mounds at Spiro, and Craig Mound has produced the most extensive collection of preserved prehistoric textiles in the southeastern United States (Brown 1976, King & Gardner 1981, Kuttruff 1988).

METHODS:

A purposeful sample of 71 Spiro textile specimens from burial context …

Traditional Textiles In Cultural Contexts International Research And Video Documentation, Louise W. Mackie, Lotus Stack, Frieda Sorber

Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings

As the manufacture and use of traditional hand-made textiles in their cultural contexts decreases around the world, we are trying to preserve some of the information for posterity through publication and video documentation. The work is urgent. The comparatively few age-old traditions that still survive have become the equivalent of endangered species.

Although the size and scope of each documentation project will vary according to what survives, three collaborative results are sought based on research and fieldwork. Each fulfills a distinct educational purpose and informs specific audiences, both scholars and the general public. Each will also increase the understanding of …

Goddess Imagery In Greek Folk Costume, Linda Welters, Linda Tepfenhart

Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings

The seeds of this research were sown in a textile exhibition entitled "Goddesses and Their Offspring: 19th and 20th Century Eastern European Embroideries" at the Roberson Center for the Arts in Binghamton, N.Y. in 1986. Similarities between the imagery of Eastern European textiles and the embroideries in Greek folk costume prompted this study. It was part of a larger field research project on Boeotian folk costumes sponsored by Earthwatch in the summer of 1988

A "hot topic" of discussion among feminists of all disciplines is the image of the prehistoric goddess and the ensuing implications for all women everywhere. I …

Feltmaking, Carol D. Westfall

Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings

Felt is considered mankind's oldest textile. Created of wool or hair through pressure and shocking, and the application of heat and cold, felt is a warm, sturdy fabric used for shelter, clothing, carpets, saddles, and bags or container covers. Feltmaking is a world-wide tradition in the sense that it is practiced in such disparate regions as Mongolia, Central Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East and North Africa.

In the souk in Marrakech, Morocco, a two-sided prayer rug is created, one side white and one side grey, using the natural color of the fleece. The process involves the addition of soap …

Measuring Product Semantics With A Computer, Del Coates

Del Coates

No abstract provided.

The Mockingbird, Department Of Art And Design, East Tennessee State University, Department Of Literature And Language, East Tennessee State University

The Mockingbird

Nicki Allison [The Letter; Lizard; Geraniums; Mary's Kitchen; Hot Summer]; Anita Benton [It's All Gone]; Amy Renae Bettis [Sharp Rocks]; Mike Bradley [Citizens' Hill]; Karen Brewster [Princess in Flight; Creating Fear; Man With Cane]; Michael J. Brown [Losing a Battle, Winning a War: Yossarian and Dunbar in Catch-22]; Angel Y Bryant [My Cross to Bear]; George N. Buck [peep]; Kirsten Burkart [Gretta Lived]; Ron Dockery [Memory of the Fair; White Fence and Shadow; Untitled Photograph]; Mary Drew [The Crystal World]; Angela N. Eades [Ambervision]; Jon M. Estep [And There Appeared An Angel Unto Him From Heaven]; Mike Gamble [Two Untitled …

Minerva Teichert's Murals: The Motivation For Her Large-Scale Production, Marian Eastwood Wardle

Theses and Dissertations

It is my thesis that the impetus for Minerva Teichert's prolific mural production came from the lofty ideals of the Beaux Art mural tradition which she encountered and embraced during her studies at the Art Institute of Chicago from 1909 to 1912. Furthermore, it was the great interest in mural decoration during the 1930s, spurred by government patronage, that provided Teichert with the opportunity to apply these ideals to large-scale works.
Research into the Beaux Art mural tradition has been difficult, as recent scholarship on the subject is negligible. An understanding of this early mural movement however, yields a greater …

Calliope, Armstrong State College

Calliope (1984-2024)

Volume 5

Ceramics From The Franklin Glassworks: Acquisition Patterns And Economic Stress, Meredith Campbell Moodey

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

Photo, Grace Brady

The Messenger

No abstract provided.

Photo, Grace Brady

The Messenger

No abstract provided.

Messenger 1988

The Messenger

No abstract provided.

Memory Loss, Scott Mccarney, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 sheet folded. Folded accordion style; binding consists of end boards and cord tie.

A Packet Of Letters, Walter Sidney Feldman, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 volume, 19 pages. One of 45 numbered copies. "The type of A Packet of Letters is 18 pt. Bodoni and was set by Mollohan Typesetting of West Warwick, Rhode Island. It was printed on Nideggen paper on a hand fed Vandercook Press. The binding is by Stuart Einhorn of Providence, R.I.A Packet of Letters was published in an edition of 45 ..."--Colophon. Title and text in red and black on title page. Bound at the head of the text with white-coated metal spiral binding. Text is attached to a cloth cover binder with an off-center opening in front. A …

Neopostmodrinism, Or, Dieser Rasen Ist Kein Hundeklo, Or, Gub²Rzub² Number 6, Or, The Incognita Of Rita's Deep Time Coexisting Within Central Discoveries Of The Thermodynamic Dichotomy Of Western Thought : Observed Impregnant Meanings & Transhistorical Justifications, Walter Samuel Haatoum Hamady, Perishable Press Unlimited, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

[102] pages : illustrations . Alternate Titles: Neopostmodrinism; Neopostmodernism; Dieser Rasen ist kein Hundeklo. Half title: Neopostmodernism, or, Dieser Rasen ist kein Hundeklo, or, Gabberjab number 6. Series: Hamady, Walter. Interminable gabberjabb ; 6. No. 6 of the author's Interminable gabberjabb "series." Limited edition of 125 copies. Signatures: [1]⁴ [2]¹² [3]⁸ [4]¹⁰ [5]⁸ [6]¹⁰. Page count runs from [1]₁b to [6]₁₀a. [2]₉ and [2]₁₀, though joined to form a double leaf, have printing on one of the facing surfaces.

Gold And Silver Do Not Spoil, Robert Peters, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

70 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color). Single signature stapled into a paper wrapper with cut-out in the front cover revealing part of a photograph on the title page. Offset printed text and images on the theme of money and society. Cut-out in back cover reveals text from last page. "Text compiled from the following authors: Ansel Adams, Aristotle, Samuel Beckett, Charlie Chan, Mary Douglas, Jules Henry, Robert L. Heilbroner, Ann Landers, Claude Levi Strauss, John Locke, Judith Martin, Karl Marx, Octavio Paz, John Ruskin, George Simmel, Herbert Spencer, Abigail Van Buren, Vtgoysky, Ludwig Wittgenstein and others"--Colophon. "This book was …

Pollaiuolo Studies, Eric Frank

Eric Frank

No abstract provided.