Haida carvers in argillite 1954

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Haida carvers in argillite 1954

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A work intended as a sequel to Barbeau (1953), "Haida myths illustrated in argillite carvings," National Museum of Canada, Museum Bulletin 127. In addition to discussing Skidegat and Masset carvers and their work, the author presents material on carvers as medicine men, material on shamanism and witchcraft, classification of the subjects of statuettes (chiefs and illustration of myths). An appendix includes myths recorded by William Beynon among the Skidegat, Tsimshian, and Niskae from 1952-1954.

1.0 Volume(s), 1 vol., ca. 530p.

American Philosophical Society

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Barbeau, Marius, 1883-1969

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Charles Marius Barbeau was a Canadian anthropologist and an American Philosophical Society Phillips Fund and a Wenner-Gren Foundation grantee. From the description of Checklist of American Indian antiquities found in European institutions ..., ca. 1950. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122439988 From the description of Calendar of Indian captivities and allied documents, [1953-1955]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173465713 Charles Mariu...