An exploration of the meaning behind the treasured masks created by artisans for ritual purposes, or simply for enjoyment. The author presents a photo gallery of outstanding examples.
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Malin's book explores the meaning behind the treasured masks created by artisans for ritual & religious purposes, or simply for enjoyment. The author presents a photo gallery of outstanding examples.
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Edward Malin is an anthropologist whose professional life has been dedicated to the study of Northwest Coast Indians. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees in cultural anthropology and East Asian studies from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Before retiring from the Japanese studies program at the University of Portland, he served as chairman of the humanities department at the Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Oregon; chairman and associate professor in social sciences at Marylhurst College; teacher of folklore and cultural anthropology at Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon; and a consultant with the U.S. Department of the Interior, Indian Arts & Crafts Board. Malin has also been a lecturer for the Seattle Art Museum and the Ethnic Arts Council. He resides in Lake Oswego, Oregon.
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This is a really nice book on local Indian art, with a combination of good, hard information and some good illustrations.
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The Northwest Coast is that region of North America comprising the southeast coast of Alaska from Yakutat Bay southward, past British Columbia, to the Columbia River country in Washington and Oregon. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
northern masks, sucker cups, transformation mask, crooked knives, shaman masks, mask carvers, outer mask, masked performances, crooked beaks, winter dances, mask carving, mechanical type, face type, giant octopus, mask making, yellow cedar Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Northwest Coast, Vancouver Island, Bella Coola, British Columbia, New York, Courtesy American Museum of Natural History, Mungo Martin, Queen Charlotte Islands, Courtesy Museum of Anthropology, Courtesy Museum of the American Indian, Courtesy Vancouver Centennial Museum, Fort Rupert, Courtesy Portland Art Museum, Courtesy Provincial Museum, North American Indians, Courtesy Milwaukee Public Museum, Edward Curtis, Northwest Indian, Willie Sewid New!
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The Northwest Coast is that region of North America comprising the southeast coast of Alaska from Yakutat Bay southward, past British Columbia, to the Columbia River country in Washington and Oregon. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
northern masks, sucker cups, transformation mask, crooked knives, shaman masks, mask carvers, outer mask, masked performances, crooked beaks, winter dances, mask carving, mechanical type, face type, giant octopus, mask making, yellow cedar Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Northwest Coast, Vancouver Island, Bella Coola, British Columbia, New York, Courtesy American Museum of Natural History, Mungo Martin, Queen Charlotte Islands, Courtesy Museum of Anthropology, Courtesy Museum of the American Indian, Courtesy Vancouver Centennial Museum, Fort Rupert, Courtesy Portland Art Museum, Courtesy Provincial Museum, North American Indians, Courtesy Milwaukee Public Museum, Edward Curtis, Northwest Indian, Willie Sewid New!
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- The North American Indians: A Selection of Photographs by Edward S. Curtis by Edward S. Curtis on page 89, and page 92
- Native Americans (Threatened Cultures Series) by James Wilson in Front Matter, and page 81
- Tsimshian Indians and Their Arts by Viola E. Garfield in Back Matter
- The Mythology of the Bella Coola Indians (Part 2 , Part Two) by Franz Boas in Back Matter
- The Indian History of British Columbia (Anthropology in British Columbia: Memoir) by Wilson Duff in Back Matter
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