Background
Black, Lydia T. was born on December 16, 1925 in Kiev, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Came to the United States, 1950.
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Now in a second edition, Aleut Art is a landmark work that provides a comprehensive picture of the Unangas, or Aleut people, and the place of art in their lives, both past and present. Full of extraordinary color plates representing collections from museums throughout Europe and the United States, Aleut Art showcases wood, bone, and ivory work, as well as the famous kamleikas (waterproof parkas made of gut) for which the Aleut are known. A chapter on masks reproduces extraordinary wooden examples from the 19th century and situates them in their cultural context. Other topics include Aleut hunting visors, weaving, embroidery, and tattoo. Black covers both works recovered from archaeological sites and modern Aleut artists whose work now resides in museums worldwide.
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Black, Lydia T. was born on December 16, 1925 in Kiev, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Came to the United States, 1950.
Bachelor of Science in History, Northeastern University, 1969. Master of Arts in Social Anthropology, Brandeis University, 1971. Doctor of Philosophy in Social Anthropology, University Massachusetts, 1973.
During World World War II, she was sent to a German forced labor camp. After the war, in Munich, she was a janitor. She was enlisted by the Americans as a translator, at the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration displaced children's camp, since she could speak six languages. in 1971, and University of Massachusetts Amherst with a Doctor of Philosophy in 1973.
She taught at Providence College beginning in 1973.
She taught at the University of Alaska Fairbanks from 1984 to 1998. She worked translating and cataloging the Russian archives of Saint Herman"s Orthodox Theological Seminary, earning the Cross of Saint Herman.
She is buried at Kodiak City Cemetery.
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(Wooden Headgear of Alaska Sea Hunters)
Member Icon Preservation Task Force, Anchorage, since 1986.
Married Igor A. Black, January 12, 1947 (deceased 1969). Children: Anna Black Treiber, Maria Black McEvoy, Zoe M. Black Pierson, Elena.