Record details

• ISBN: 9780295991498
• ISBN: 0295991496
• ISBN: 9781896359748
• ISBN: 1896359744
• Physical Description: 223 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 30 cm.
• Publisher: Saskatoon : Mendel Art Gallery ; Seattle : c2011.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Mendel Art Gallery from June 25th to September 19th, 2010.

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

A miniature history of model totem poles / Aaron Glass and Aldona Jonaitis -- Inside the Northwest Coast curio trade: Ye Olde Curiosity Shop and the Williams family / Kate Duncan -- Model totem poles from one carver's perspective: a conversation with Robert Davidson / Robert Davidson and Michael D. Hall -- Still a forest, still symbols / Charlotte Townsend-Gault -- Carvings and worlds of commerce: a photo essay -- Map: culture groups of the Northwest Coast -- Categorizing model totem poles: a framework for presentation / Michael D. Hall and Pat Glascock -- The emergent phase: 1880-1920 -- The dynamic phase: 1910-1940 -- The cosmopolitan phase: 1940-1970 -- The analytic phase: 1970-2010 -- Ripple effect: model totem poles and popular culture / Michael D. Hall and Pat Glascock -- Model totems by non-northwest natives -- Model totems by non-native makers -- Totem motifs on utilitarian objects -- Imports and reproductions -- A checklist of model totem makers / Christopher W. Smith.

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Totem poles > Northwest, Pacific > History > Exhibitions.
Totem poles > Collectors and collecting > Northwest, Pacific > Exhibitions.
Indians of North America > Material culture > Northwest, Pacific > Exhibitions.
Miniature wood-carving > Northwest, Pacific > Exhibitions.
Souvenirs (Keepsakes) > Northwest, Pacific > Exhibitions.
Mâts totémiques > Nord-Ouest, Côte (Amérique du Nord) > Histoire > Expositions.
Mâts totémiques > Collectionneurs et collections > Nord-Ouest, Côte (Amérique du Nord) > Expositions.
Indiens d'Amérique > Culture matérielle > Nord-Ouest, Côte (Amérique du Nord) > Expositions.
Sculpture sur bois miniature > Nord-Ouest, Côte (Amérique du Nord) > Expositions.
Souvenirs (Objets) > Nord-Ouest, Côte (Amérique du Nord) > Expositions.
Art indien d'Amérique > Nord-Ouest, Côte (Amérique du Nord) > Expositions.
Mendel Art Gallery > Expositions.