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| Title: | Tlingit Art
: Totem Poles & Art of the Alaskan Indians |
| Author: | Maria Bolanz & Gloria Williams |
| ISBN: | 0888395094 : 9780888395092 |
| Illustrations: | b/w photos |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Size: | 215x280mm |
| Pages: | 208 |
| Weight: | .662 Kg. |
| Published: | Hancock House - January 2003 |
| List Price: | 18.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Art of indigenous peoples: Carving & carvings: North America |
The Tlingit Indians of the Northwest Coast carved interior house posts, portal entrances and free standing totem poles with crests of animals, sea creatures, birds, and legendary and human figures, successfully combining symbolism and realism. This book examines the social and artistic relevance of the Tlingit carvings and relates many of the fascinating North American Indian legends upon which some of the carvings are based.
Introduction; The Tlingits and Their History; Pre-Contact Styles of Totem Poles; Post-Contact Changes in Totem Poles; The Technique and Meaning of the Art; The Fate of the Artefacts; The Struggle to Regain What They Had Lost; Glossary of Tlingit Words; Bibliography; Index.
