Art in the life of the Northwest Coast Indians
Type
Book
Authors
Category
General Library Collection
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Publication Year
1966
Publisher
Portland Art Museum, United States
Pages
275
Subject
Indigenous art -- Northwest Coast of North America -- Exhibitions
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Abstract
"There are not many great collections of the arts of the Northwest Coast Indian, either public or private. These few are large; and this may be the reason why not one of them has been published in the form of an illustrated, comprehensive, catalogue analyzing the objects as works of art and as products of a particular milieu which was their matrix. This book by Erna Gunter, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Washington, is the first to be based on one such major collection. Using her own extensive knowledge of the art of these cultures, the material in the Rasmussen Collection, and the notes of Axel Rasmussen, the collector, she has produced a unique work." -- page vii.
Description
xi, 275 pages, illustrations (some color); 21 cm.
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliography.
Number of Copies
1
