Spirit and ancestor a century of Northwest Coast Indian art at the Burke Museum by Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum, Bill Holm, Eduardo Calderón


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Title Cover Image: Spirit and ancestor

Title:
Spirit and ancestor

Sub Title:
a century of Northwest Coast Indian art at the Burke Museum

Author(s):
Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum, Bill Holm, Eduardo Calderón

Circulation:
Non-circulating [ 1 ]

Published:
1987

Edition:
1st Edition

Document:
Book · Paperback

Physical Description:
253 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.

Genre:
Catalogs

Summary:

Spirit and Ancestor: A Century of Northwest Coast Indian Art at the Burke Museum by renowned scholar Bill Holm, featuring striking photography by Eduardo Calderón, is a stunning 1987 exhibition catalog celebrating the centennial of the Seattle-based institution. The book showcases 100 masterworks from the museum's extensive collection of Indigenous art, offering deep cultural, historical, and aesthetic context for each intricately carved mask, textile, and ceremonial object. Ultimately, it serves as both a breathtaking visual record and a definitive academic resource honoring the enduring artistic traditions of the Pacific Northwest's First Nations.

Subjects:

Art primitif Canada Colombie britannique Catalogues, Catalogs, Indian art, Indian art Northwest Coast of North America Catalogs, Indiens Amérique du Nord Nord-Ouest, Côte Art Catalogues, Indiens Côte Nord-Ouest de l'Amérique du Nord Catalogues, North America Northwest Coast of North America, Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum, Thomas

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Collection Resource Edition Published Publisher Avaliability
The Cascade District
Encyclopedia Library
Book 1st Edition 1987 Burke Museum : University of Washington Press, Seattle, 1987 Paperback
The Cascade District
Encyclopedia Library
Resource Book
Edition 1st Edition
Published 1987
Publisher Burke Museum : University of Washington Press, Seattle, 1987
Paperback

 

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