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Discovering totem poles : a traveler's guide / Aldona Jonaitis.
Penn Museum Library E98.T65 J65 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jonaitis, Aldona, 1948-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Totem poles--Guidebooks.
- Totem poles.
- Indians of North America--Northwest Coast of North America--Antiquities--Guidebooks.
- Indians of North America.
- Antiquities.
- Northwest Coast of North America--Guidebooks.
- Northwest Coast of North America.
- Genre:
- Guidebooks.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 96 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2012]
- Summary:
- Rising from a Forest Mist or Soaring Overhead in parks and museums, magnificent cedar totem poles have captured the attention and imagination of visitors to Washington State, British Columbia, and Alaska.
- Discovering Totem Poles is the first guidebook to focus on the complex and fascinating histories of the specific poles visitors encounter in Seattle, Victoria, Vancouver, Vancouver Island, Prince Rupert, Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands), Ketchikan, Sitka, and Juneau. It debunks common misconceptions about totem poles and explores the stories behind the making and displaying of ninety different poles.
- Travelers with this guide in their pockets will return home with a deeper knowledge of the monumental carvings, their place in history, and the people who made them. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Seattle
- 1 The Seattle Totem Pole at Pioneer Square 3
- 2 Grizzly Bear House Posts at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture 6
- Victoria
- 3 Wawadit'la, the Mungo Martin House at the Royal British Columbia Museum 11
- 4 Sgaang Gwaii (Ninstints) Poles at the Royal British Columbia Museum 14
- 5 Tony Hunt's Grizzly Bear and Human Post at Horseshoe Bay 16
- Vancouver
- 6 Haesemhliyawn Memorial Totem Pole of the Gitk'san from Gitanyow (Kitwancool) at the Museum of Anthropology 21
- 7 Monuments by Bill Reid, Doug Cranmer, and Jim Hart at the Museum of Anthropology 24
- 8 The Thunderbird House Post by Tony Hunt at Stanley Park 26
- 9 Carvings by Susan Point, Joe David, and Don Yeomans at Vancouver International Airport 30
- Vancouver Island
- 10 The World's Tallest Pole at Alert Bay 35
- 11 The Poles in Alert Bay 38
- Prince Rupert
- 12 Eagle on the Decayed Pole at Prince Rupert by Dempsey Bob and Glen Wood 43
- Haida Gwaii
- 13 Qay'llnagaay (Sea Lion Town) 47
- Ketchikan
- 14 Saxman and Totem Bight 51
- 15 A Portrait in Saxman Park 54
- 16 The Clan House at Totem Bight 56
- 17 The Chief Kyan Pole 60
- 18 The Ketchikan Indian Community Tribal Health Center Totem Poles 62
- Sitka
- 19 Chief Saanaheit's Poles at the Sitka National Historical Park 65
- 20 Sitka's Monuments at World's Fairs 67
- 21 The K'aylaan Pole by Tommy Joseph 71
- 22 The Sitka Wellbreity Totem Pole by Wayne Price 73
- Juneau
- 23 Culturally Modified Trees by Richard Beasley at Mount Roberts 77
- 24 The Waasgo Pole at the Alaska State Office Building 79
- 25 The Wooshkeetan Pole by Nathan Jackson and Steve Brown 81.
- Notes:
- "A Ruth E. Kirk Book."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0295991879
- 9780295991870
- OCLC:
- 764323725
- Publisher Number:
- 99948735105
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