| Title |
Where the people gather : carving a totem pole / Vickie Jensen. |
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| Publication Info. |
Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre ; Seattle : University of Washington Press, [1992] |
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©1992 |
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| Description |
xi, 175 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [173]-175). |
| Contents |
Foreword -- Preface -- Background: Introduction -- Norman Tait: Nisga'a artist -- Story of the pole -- Carving the pole: Cutting the log -- Rounding the log -- Drawing the design on the pole -- Rough-cutting the figures -- Carving the add-on pieces: Beak and fin -- Rounding figures and carving faces -- Signature faces -- End of the roughing stage -- Finishing stage -- Raising the pole. |
| Subject |
Niska wood-carving.
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Niska sculpture.
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Totem poles -- British Columbia.
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Niska Indians -- Rites and ceremonies.
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Tait, Norman, 1941-2016
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| ISBN |
1550540289 alkaline paper |
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0295972203 University of Washington Press alkaline paper |
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1550540106 |
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