Down from the shimmering sky : masks of the Northwest Coast /
Based on a major exhibition of masks from the Northwest coast, this book features photographs of over 150 masks from North America and Europe. The masks are manifestations of ancestral spirits as well as works of art. Issues of aesthetics, changes in form and subthemes are explored.
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Vancouver : Seattle :
Douglas & McIntyre ; University of Washington Press,
c1998.
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| 100 | 1 | |a Macnair, Peter L. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Down from the shimmering sky : |b masks of the Northwest Coast / |c Peter Macnair, Robert Joseph, Bruce Grenville. |
| 260 | |a Vancouver : |b Douglas & McIntyre ; |a Seattle : |b University of Washington Press, |c c1998. | ||
| 300 | |a 192 p. : |b ill. (some col.), map ; |c 28 cm. | ||
| 500 | |a "Vancouver Art Gallery." | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-187). | ||
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t Introduction / |r Bruce Grenville -- |t Behind the Mask / |r Robert Joseph. |t The First Ancestors. |t The Potlatch. |t the Anti-Potlatch Law. |t The Box of Treasures -- Law of the Mask. |t Masks of Sanctity. |t The Powers of Masks -- |t Power of the Shining Heavens / |r Peter Macnair. |t The Forms of Northwest Coast Art. |t Commerce on the Coast. |t The Human Face Divine. |t The Cosmos. |t The Sky World. |t The Undersea World. |t The Mortal World. |t The Spirit World. |t Enduring and Evolving Traditions. |
| 520 | |a Based on a major exhibition of masks from the Northwest coast, this book features photographs of over 150 masks from North America and Europe. The masks are manifestations of ancestral spirits as well as works of art. Issues of aesthetics, changes in form and subthemes are explored. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Indian masks |z Northwest Coast of North America |v Exhibitions. | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Exhibition catalogs. |2 fast | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Joseph, Robert, |d 1939- | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Grenville, Bruce. | |
| 710 | 2 | |a Vancouver Art Gallery. | |
| 988 | |a 20020608 | ||
| 906 | |0 DLC | ||