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Down from the shimmering sky : masks of the Northwest Coast Peter Macnair, Robert Joseph, Bruce Grenville
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks E 78 .N78 M32 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Macnair, Peter L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indian masks--Northwest Coast of North America--Exhibitions.
- Indian masks.
- Physical Description:
- 192 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre ; Seattle : University of Washington Press, 1998.
- Contents:
- Introduction / Bruce Grenville
- Behind the Mask / Robert Joseph. The First Ancestors. The Potlatch. the Anti-Potlatch Law. The Box of Treasures
- Law of the Mask. Masks of Sanctity. The Powers of Masks
- Power of the Shining Heavens / Peter Macnair. The Forms of Northwest Coast Art. Commerce on the Coast. The Human Face Divine. The Cosmos. The Sky World. The Undersea World. The Mortal World. The Spirit World. Enduring and Evolving Traditions.
- Notes:
- "Vancouver Art Gallery."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-187).
- Local Notes:
- The Indian Rights Association Complementary Collection.
- ISBN:
- 0295977094
- 9780295977096
- 1550546236
- 9781550546231
- OCLC:
- 38732245
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