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This bestseling guide helps readers interpret and enjoy the form and meaning of totem poles -- as ancestral emblems and ceremonial objects, as expressions of wealth and power, as mythological symbols and magnificent artistic works of the people of the Pacific Northwest.

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A beautifully designed and illustrated book. * Canadian Plains Bulletin *

Table of Contents

Foreword

Introduction

Indian Cultures of the Northwest Coast

Wealth

Family

Mythology

Ceremony

Carving

What is a Totem Pole?

Totemism

Totem Poles

Totem Pole Types

The Antiquity of Totem Poles

Totem Poles Today

Contemporary Sculpture

The Raven and the First Men

Suggestions on How to Look at Totem Poles

1 The Skill of the Carver

2 Recognizing Life Forms

3 Differences in Cultural Styles

List of Totem Poles and Other Large Sculptures on Display in the U.B.C. Museum of Anthropology and on its Grounds

Suggested Reading

Photographic Credits

Totem Poles An Illustrated Guide

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    A Paperback / softback by Marjorie M. Halpin

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      Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
      Publication Date: 01/01/1981
      ISBN13: 9780774801416, 978-0774801416
      ISBN10: 0774801417
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This bestseling guide helps readers interpret and enjoy the form and meaning of totem poles -- as ancestral emblems and ceremonial objects, as expressions of wealth and power, as mythological symbols and magnificent artistic works of the people of the Pacific Northwest.

      Trade Review
      A beautifully designed and illustrated book. * Canadian Plains Bulletin *

      Table of Contents

      Foreword

      Introduction

      Indian Cultures of the Northwest Coast

      Wealth

      Family

      Mythology

      Ceremony

      Carving

      What is a Totem Pole?

      Totemism

      Totem Poles

      Totem Pole Types

      The Antiquity of Totem Poles

      Totem Poles Today

      Contemporary Sculpture

      The Raven and the First Men

      Suggestions on How to Look at Totem Poles

      1 The Skill of the Carver

      2 Recognizing Life Forms

      3 Differences in Cultural Styles

      List of Totem Poles and Other Large Sculptures on Display in the U.B.C. Museum of Anthropology and on its Grounds

      Suggested Reading

      Photographic Credits

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