Totem Poles: An Illustrated Guide: 0003 (Museum Note) - Softcover

Halpin, Marjorie M.

 
9780774801416: Totem Poles: An Illustrated Guide: 0003 (Museum Note)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0774801417 ISBN 13: 9780774801416
Verlag: University of British Columbia Press, 1981

Inhaltsangabe

The massive wood carvings unique to the Indian peoples of the Northwest Coast arouse a sense of wonder in all who see them. This guide helps the reader to understand and enjoy the form and meaning of totem poles and other sculptures.

The author describes the origin and place of totem poles in Indian culture – as ancestral emblems, as expressions of wealth and power, as ceremonial objects, as mythological symbols, and as magnificent artistic works of the people of the Pacific Northwest.

Halpin also suggests ways to interpret the motifs and symbols carved on the poles and shows how to recognize the special features which reveal not only the skill of the carver but also his tribal origin.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Marjorie M. Halpin was, for many years until her untimely death in 2001, curator of ethnology at the Museum of Anthropology and a member of the anthropology department at the University of British Columbia.

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The author describes the origin and place of totem poles in Native culture - as ancestral emblems, as expressions of wealth and power, as ceremonial objects, as mythological symbols, and as magnificent artistic works of the Pacific Northwest. She also suggests ways to interpret the motifs and symbols carved on the poles and shows how one can recognize the special features that reveal not only the skill of the carver but also his or her tribal origin.

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Verlag
University of British Columbia Press
Erscheinungsdatum
1981
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0774801417
ISBN 13 
9780774801416
Einband
Tapa blanda
Anzahl der Seiten
64
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