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Down from the shimmering sky : masks of the Northwest Coast / Peter Macnair, Robert Joseph, Bruce Grenville.

Macnair, Peter L. (Author). Joseph, Robert, 1939- (Added Author). Grenville, Bruce. (Added Author). Vancouver Art Gallery. (Added Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 0295977094 (Canada : acid-free paper)
  • ISBN: 9780295977096 (Canada : acid-free paper)
  • ISBN: 1550546236
  • ISBN: 9781550546231
  • Physical Description: 192 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 28 cm.
  • Publisher: Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre ; 1998.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Vancouver Art Gallery."
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-187).
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction / Bruce Grenville -- Behind the Mask / Robert Joseph. The First Ancestors. The Potlatch. the Anti-Potlatch Law. The Box of Treasures -- Law of the Mask. Masks of Sanctity. The Powers of Masks -- Power of the Shining Heavens / Peter Macnair. The Forms of Northwest Coast Art. Commerce on the Coast. The Human Face Divine. The Cosmos. The Sky World. The Undersea World. The Mortal World. The Spirit World. Enduring and Evolving Traditions.
Subject:
Indian masks > Northwest Coast of North America > Exhibitions.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at Northwest Indian College.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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Lummi Library E 98 .M3 N78 M33 1998 280304 Stacks Reshelving -
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