GIEHTA DAIDU / The Great Book of Sami Handicraft/ Den Stora Boken om Samernas Slöjd.

Author: Kihlberg, Kurt
Country: Sweden
Language: Swedish/ English
Year Published: 1999
No. of pages: 144
Illustrations: 70 Color Illustrations. 18 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound w/ Jacket
Size: 11”x 9”
Weight: 3.00
ISBN: 9197217832
Biblio/Bio: Bibl. Index.
Code: 4162

Price: $85.00

The Sami, a people from the far north in Scandinavia, are characterized largely by their reindeer breeding practices and nomadic lifestyle. This book delves into their handicraft tradition and presents the foremost artists of this movement with their unique work. It also includes an index of the marks and signatures of Sami craftpersons, noting the most legendary with an *. Overall, the exquisite simplicity, dogmatic reserve, and measured aesthetic perfection characterizing these objects, which range from ornamented knives, drums, baskets, chests, and leather goods, is simply fascinating.