Artists Behind the Work: Life Histories of Nick Charles, Sr., Frances Demientieff, Lena Sours, Jennie Thlunaut

By Ann Fienup-Riordan, Sharon D. Moore, Rosita Worl, et al.

This book features the life history and craft of four Alaska Native artists. As a group, the artists represent four different Native cultures and four different art forms: Nicholas Charles, Sr., a Yup'ik Eskimo known for his carved and painted wood masks; Frances Demientieff, an Athabaskan bead worker and ski sewer; Lena Sours, an Inupiat skin sewer known for her fine parkas; and Jennie Thlunaut, a Chilkat Tlingit and maker of baskets and the famous Chilkat blankets.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0931163021
• ISBN13: 9780931163029
• Release Date: November 1986
• Publisher: Alaska Ua Museum
• Length: 149 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 10.9"