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Native visions : evolution in northwest coast art from the eighteenth through the twentieth century /

Masks, bowls, bentwood boxes, and weavings from Native artists of the Northwest Coast grace museums around the world. Northwest Coast art embodies a highly flexible tradition, reinterpreted by individuals in each generation, as is evidenced by artifacts collected from the area over the last two cent...

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Main Author: Brown, Steven Clay.
Corporate Author: Seattle Art Museum.
Other Authors: Macapia, Paul.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Seattle : Seattle Art Museum in association with the University of Washington Press, c1998.
Subjects:
Indians of North America > Northwest Coast of North America > Exhibitions.
Indian art > Northwest Coast of North America > Exhibitions.
Exhibition catalogs.
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Table of Contents:
  • Looking Backward: An Introduction
  • 1.
  • Ancient Roots: Prehistoric Perspectives on Northwest Coast Art
  • 2.
  • Curious Visions: Northern Northwest Coast Art in the Historic Period
  • 3.
  • Sleeping Treasures: Northwest Coast Art of the Late Prehistoric Period
  • 4.
  • Changing Times: Art of the Early Classic Era, 1820-1865
  • 5.
  • Expanding Traditions: Art of the Late Classic Period, 1865-1920
  • 6.
  • Bridging Generations: Northwest Coast Art in the Middle 20th Century, 1920-1965
  • 7.
  • The Spirit of the Masters: Northwest Coast Art in the Contemporary Period, Since 1965.

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