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208 pages : illustrations (some color), map, photographs ; 31 cm. Summary:Catalogue of an exhibition held at the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, in celebration of the Museum's centennial, 1986. Three major sections: Eskimo, Athapascan, and Tlingit. Also includes essays on specific items e.g. The Raven Cape and The Knight Island Robe. Contents: Foreword / Robert H. Dyson, Jr., Director; Mrs. Cummins Catherwood, Jr., Chairman, Board of Overseers Introduction / Susan A. Kaplan, Kristin J. Barsness George Byron Gordon and the early development of the University Museum / Eleanor M. King and Bryce P. Little Louis Shotridge and the objects of everlasting esteem / Maureen Milburn The Raven Cape : a Tahitian breastplate collected by Louis Shotridge / Adria H. Katz The Knight Island robe / Cheryl Samuel [Color plates] Eskimo in the Sky-land . along the rivers . on the sea . away from the water . by the ice . within the village . in another world . among the drums Athapascan in a watchful world . along the grease trail Tlingit along the shore . within the house . in distant times . beyond the limits . with great esteem.

208 pp.; 246 b/w illus., 16 colour plates, maps, biblio. Exh. cat. University Museum, Philadelphia, 1986. Pbk. KEYWORDS: 032 Arctische Gebieden.