To Honor and Comfort: Native Quilting Traditions Eco and secret scientific hotbed

and secret scientific hotbed

NM (Rhodes)

Spanish explorers found it in the grand Aztec markets—in a dye derived from the cochineal insect

plundered the wealth of their cornfields

To Honor and Comfort: Native Quilting Traditions Eco and secret scientific hotbedThrough the voices of quilters, writers, and folklorists, this book explores the images and meanings of Winnebago ribbon quilts, Plains Indian star designs, Yuwupi giveaway quilts, Hawaiian appliqued quilts, the seal party quilts of the Nelson Island Eskimos, and many more. Essays on contemporary and historical quilting traditions from around the country and rare historical photographs highlight this lavishly illustrated volume.