Title:
Spirits of the water : native art collected on expeditions to Alaska and British Columbia, 1774-1910
JLCTITLE245:
edited by Steven C. Brown ; essays by Paz Cabello, Leoncio Carretero Collado, Bill Holm, Alberto Costa Romero de Tejada.
Publication Information:
Seattle : University of Washington Press ; Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre, ©2000.
Physical Description:
207 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color), maps (1 color), portraits ; 30 cm
ISBN:
9780295979861
9781550547122
General Note:
"Accompanies the exhibition "Spirits of the Water: Native Art Collected on Expeditions to Alaska and British Columbia, 1774-1910," organized by Fundación 'la Caixa', Barcelona, and curated by Paz Cabello and Alberto Costa Romero de Tejada"--Title page verso.
Abstract:
Presents almost 175 examples of the art produced by the Native peoples of the Northwest Coast.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
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Content Time Period:
v7x1
Contents:
Mamatni: Politics, Trade, and Collectionism on the Northwest Coast during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries / Leoncio Carretero Collado -- Eighteenth-Century Spanish Expeditions, Discoveries, and Collections in the Northwest Coast / Paz Cabello -- Reason and Dreams: Eskimos and Northwest Coast Native Americans in Art and Legend / Alberto Costa Romero de Tejada -- Function of Art in Northwest Coast Indian Culture / Bill Holm -- Spanish Expeditions, 1774-1792 -- English Expedition, 1778 -- Russian Expeditions, 1778-1890 -- North American Expeditions, 1867-1910.