Record details

• ISBN: 155054747X
• ISBN: 9781550547474
• Physical Description: xi, 175 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
• Edition: 1st pbk. ed.
• Publisher: Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre, 1999, c1992.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Previous ed. has title: Where the people gather.

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references.

Formatted Contents Note:

The Background -- Norman Tait: Nisga'a Artist -- The 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 -- The Signature Faces -- The End of the Roughing Stage -- The Finishing Stage -- Raising the Pole -- Visual Record of the Moon Face Figure -- Norman Tait: List of Major Works.

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Subject:

Totem poles > British Columbia.
Nisga'a wood-carving.
Totem poles > British Columbia > Pictorial works.
Nisga'a wood-carving > Pictorial works.
Totem poles.
British Columbia.

Genre:

Pictorial works.