| Description |
300 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 x 27 cm |
| Note |
Catalog of a travelling exhibition held at the American Museum of Natural History, New York, October-February 1992 and others. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-295) and index. |
| Contents |
The spelling of Kwa̓kwala / Wayne Suttles -- Chiefly feasts : the creation of an exhibition / Aldona Jonaitis -- Streams of property, armor of wealth : the traditional Kwakiutl potlatch / Douglas Cole -- George Hunt, collector of Indian specimens / Ira Jacknis -- The contemporary potlatch / Gloria Cranmer Webster -- Postscript : the treasures of Siwidi / Judith Ostrowitz and Aldona Jonaitis. |
| Summary |
A collection of art (masks, head-dresses, blankets, coppers, feast dishes, and other Kwakiutl ceremonial objects) made by the Kwakiutl Indians of northern Vancouver Island and the nearby mainland. |
| Subject |
Kwakiutl Indians -- Rites and ceremonies.
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Potlatch -- British Columbia.
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Kwakiutl art.
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| Indexed Term |
Kwakiutl Art |
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Kwakiutl Rites and ceremonies |
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Kwakiutl art |
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Potlatch British Columbia |
| Added Author |
Jonaitis, Aldona, 1948-
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Cole, Douglas, 1938-1997.
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American Museum of Natural History.
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| ISBN |
0295971142 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780295971148 cloth alkaline paper |
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0295971150 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780295971155 paperback alkaline paper |
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