Haida Art

Name: Haida Art
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ISBN: 9780295975610

ISBN-10: 029597561X

ISBN-13: 9780295975610

Edition: 1996

Authors: George F. MacDonald

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For centuries the Haida lived on the Queen Charlotte Islands, a remote archipelago off the Northwest Coast of North America. Art, myth and ceremony were an integral part of their lives, and over time they developed a rich, distinctive and powerful style of sculpture and painting. By the time the first Europeans landed on the shores of their homeland, Haida art had attained a refined and noble sophistication of style to display complex myths of creation and transformation. This superb volume, the definitive book on Haida art, presents the most treasured works in what is considered the world's best collection, at the Canadian Museum of Civilization. It is richly illustrated with 90 full-color…

Book details

List price: $60.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 12.75" wide x 10.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 3.938
Language: English

Preface
From Time Immemorial	p. 3
Gifts of the Raven	p. 15
The Supernatural World	p. 53
The Haida Household	p. 101
The Outside World	p. 131
The Haida Homeland	p. 139
Artists of the Golden Age	p. 211
Death and Rebirth of the Raven	p. 223
Bibliography	p. 235
Index	p. 239
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