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.