Based on an exhibition of the same name held at the Burke Museum in 2006. (Introduction) Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-141) and index.
Contents:
Coast Salish Design: An Anticipated Southern Analysis / Shaun Peterson -- Behind the 'Screens': A Collection, the Collectors, and the Art / Margaret B. Blackman -- The Naaxiin: Robe of Sacred Honor / Evelyn Vanderhoop -- Wearing Identity: The Strength of Expression through Personal Adornment / Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse -- Intertwining: Learning for the Future from Our Past / Lisa Telford -- Notes on Masks / Joe David -- Northwest Coast Box Drums / Robin K. Wright -- Acts of Propatriation: Two Kaats' House Posts by Nathan and Stephen Jackson / Emily Moore.
Summary:
"In the Spirit of the Ancestors celebrates the vitality of contemporary Pacific Northwest Coast art by showcasing a selection of objects from the Burke Museum's collection of more than 2,400 late-twentieth- and early-twenty-first-century Native American works"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Native art of the Pacific Northwest : a Bill Holm Center series
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