To Please the Caribou-Painted Caribou skin-Sub Arctic

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One of the best books ever produced on the subject. Can run over $80 in this condition. Scarce and out of print. Book Description: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada, 1992. Soft Cover. Book Condition: New -. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 314 pages - in English - 60 color and 56 duotone illustrations, 36 b/w figs. and hundreds of b/w cuts, forms and other diagrams - a noted author on textiles and former curator of the Royal Ontario Museum's Textile Department presents 60 outstanding caribou-skin coats painted between 1700 and 1930 and worn by the Naskapi, Montagnais and Cree hunters of the Quebec-Labrador peninsula - history and description of the caribou - cut of the coats, sewing, quill wrapping, beading, design layout, colors, painting tools, color plates and over 20 design motifs - catalogue of the coats - notes - bibliography - illustration credits - index of the coats. Shipping and handling is $10 in the US or $30 for international shipping.