NORTHWEST COAST ART KWAKIUTL TLINGIT HAIDA SALISH BOOK

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Listening To Our Ancestors: The Art of Native Life Along The North Pacific Coast. Published in 2005, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., in� conjunction� with the exhibition held. Soft cover, 8" x 9.25", in very good condition. The covers are also in good condition, with some light scuffing. Has 192 pages with 100 color photographs. Contents Include: Foreword: The Art of Native Light; Introduction: An Elder's Perspective by Chief Robert Joseph; Coast Salish: The Beauty of Everyday Things; Makah: All That Our Past Has Generously Bestowed; Nuu-Chah-Nulth: A Nation Always Praying; Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakwala): Our Customs, Our Ways; Heiltsuk: Uplifting Our People; Nuxalk: These Treasures Have Kept Our Culture Alive; Tsimshian: The� Strength� of the People; Nisga'a: I Will Send you a Messenger; Gitxsan: Words of Wisdom; Haida: We Carry on our Ancestors' Voices; Tlingit: Things We Will Remember; Epilogue: Learning to See From Within; Notes and References. Contains a variety of objects including masks, headdresses, clan hat, carved figures, carved bowls, carved ladles, rattles, baskets, button blankets, moccasins, etc. Contains an interesting text with descriptions given for each photographs. Writers from eleven Northwest Coast communities describe the importance of the works of art from the collection read more

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