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Detail of dust wrapper - THE LIVING TRADITION OF YUP'IK MASKS
Fienup-Riordan, Ann. THE LIVING TRADITION OF YUP'IK MASKS. Agayuliyararput - Our Way of Making Prayer. BNo. 0-295-97501-6. First Edition, 1996. Pp: 320; 305mm x 225mm; 1.80kg. Num col & b/w, 2 maps. Foreword, preface, acknowledgments, afterword, glossary, references, index. A good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: g; dw: vg. (minor damage to front hinge). University of Washington Press, Seattle, 1996. (For the Yup'ik people of southwestern Alaska, masked dancing has long been a focal point of ceremonial activity. This book brings together masks from museum and private collections all over the world and presents them in their native context) (Keywords: Ethnology, North America, Alaska, qasgiq, Negagfok, shaman).
Book Code: N260 AU$65
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Fleming, Paula Richardson and Judith Luskey. THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. In early photographs. BNo. 0-681-46571-9. Fourth Impression, 2000 (1988). Pp: 256; 280mm x 240mm; 1.57kg. 297 b/w & fig, 1 map. Acknowledgments, foreword, references, bibliography, credits, index. A very good in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Calmann and King Ltd, London, 2000. (The photographs in this book offer a unique record of the Indians of North America, as seen by the early photographers. Many of these photographs are taken from the Bureau of American Ethnology collection (now part of the Smithsonian Institution)) (Keywords: Ethnology, Cheyenne, Sioux, Paiute, Navaho, Zuni, Hopi, Tesuque Pueblo, Kiowa).
Book Code: M904 AU$60
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Detail of wrap - KWAKIUTL ART - The Setting and Ceremonial Art. (hawthorn1p 165/213 HAWT1)
Hawthorn, Audrey. KWAKIUTL ART. The Setting and Ceremonial Art. BNo. 0-295-96640-8. Second Printing, 1994 (1988) (pb). Pp: xx, 272; 280mm x 215mm; 1.06kg. 32 col, 508 b/w & fig, 3 maps. Foreword, preface, acknowledgments, appendices I & II, glossary, bibliography, index. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. University of Washington Press, Seattle, 1994. (In 1927, the beginnings of what is now a suberb collection of Kwakiutl art were assembled at the University of British Columbia. Audrey Hawthorn has played a key role in helping this collection grow. In this book she introduces the craft and technology of Northwest Coast Indian art, discusses in detail the wellsprings of its central images, and carefully reviews the significance of such important cultural features as the lineage house and the totem pole) (Keywords: Ethnology, mythology, iconography, North America, Indians, Northwest Coast, Kwakiutl, Tsetseka).
Book Code: N028 AU$35
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Heizer, Robert F. & Theodora Kroeber. ISHI THE LAST YAHI. A Documentary History. BNo. 0-520-04366-9. First Edition, 1981 (pb). Pp: 242; 205mm x 200mm; 0.53kg. 40 b/w, 5 maps. Introduction. A good paperback copy. Wrp: g. (minor wear on wrap). University of California Press, Berkeley, 1981. (This book brings together the full documentation of Ishi and his Yahi background, providing a vivid portrait of the interaction between indigenous Indian groups and encroaching white settlers. It is also an important collection of original source materials) (Keywords: Social anthropology, American Indian, indigenous, Yahi).
Book Code: P039 AU$18
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Detail of wrap - NORTHWEST COAST INDIAN ART</b>. An Analysis of Form (holm11p 155/196 HOLM11)
Holm, Bill. NORTHWEST COAST INDIAN ART. An Analysis of Form. BNo. 0-295-95102-8. Fifteenth Printing, 1995 (pb) (1970). Pp: xviii, 115; 240mm x 190mm; 0.34kg. 78 b/w & fig, 3 tab, 1 map. Preface, abbreviations, conclusions, appendix, bibliography, index. A good paperback copy. Wrp: g. University of Washington press, Seattle, 1995. (This book provides a contribution to the fields of art and anthropology and it enlarges the relatively new field of aesthetic analysis of art in anthropology as opposed to the ethnological, symbolical, or purely formal approaches prevalent earlier) (Keywords: Tribal art, anthropology, Americas, North America, Indian, Tlingit, Tsimshian, Kwakiutl).
Book Code: J163 AU$18
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Detail of wrap - FIRST PEOPLES - FIRST CONTACTS - Native Peoples of North America (king01p 160/206 KING01)
King, J.C.H. FIRST PEOPLES - FIRST CONTACTS. Native Peoples of North America. BNo. 0-674-62655-9. First Edition (USA), 1999 (pb). Pp: 288; 245mm x 185mm; 0.90kg. 298 col, b/w & fig, 10 maps. Preface, acknowledgments, bibliography and further reading, credits, index. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1999. (This book is a cultural history of the indigenous peoples of North America as well as revealing its vibrancy, breadth, and diversity. The author draws on the extensive collections of the British Museum - artwork, clothing, tools, and artefacts to illustrate this history and demonstrate the wealth of ancient traditions) (Keywords: Ethnology, North America, wampum, Mowachaht, Iroquois, Cherokees, Hupa, Tlingit, Inuit).
Book Code: N026 AU$35
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Detail of wrap - PORTRAIT MASKS from the Northwest Coast of America (king2p 150/195 KING02)
King, J.C.H. PORTRAIT MASKS from the NORTHWEST COAST of AMERICA. Indigenous peoples. BNo. 0-500-06006-1. First Edition, 1979 (pb). Pp: 96; 245mm x 190mm; 0.32kg. 48 col, 47 b/w, 2 fig, 1 map. Introduction, notes, bibliography, acknowledgments, index. A good paperback copy. Wrp: g. Thames and Hudson, London, 1979. (This book presents the masks of a highly developed society of peoples of the Northwest coast from British Columbia to Alaska. These masks played a leading role in the ceremonies, were used in dances or in healing rites of the Shamans) (Keywords: Ethnology, tribal art, North America, Kwakiutl, Nootkan, Haida, Tsimshian, Tlingit).
Book Code: F261 AU$18
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