Art of the Northern Tlingit

Type

Book

Authors

Aldona Jonaitis ( Jonaitis, Aldona )

ISBN 10

0295962674

ISBN 13

9780295962672

Tags

Tlingit art, Tlingit, Indigenous art, Alaska -- Antiquities, Alaska, Indigenous peoples -- Alaska, Tlingit -- Antiquities, Indigenous peoples -- Alaska -- Art, Indigenous peoples -- Alaska -- Antiquities

Abstract

"Art of the Northern Tlingit is the first book-length treatment of the complex and greatly admired art of the Tlingit Indians, inhabitants of what is now southeastern Alaska. It is also the first attempt to analyze the art of any Northwest Coast group from the perspective of a comparison between secular crest art, which the elite display to communicate their social status, and sacred art, which the shaman manipulates during his rituals."--Back cover.

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