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Haida Monumental Art: Villages of the Queen Charlotte Islands
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Haida Monumental Art: Villages of the Queen Charlotte Islands Paperback - 1995

by George F. MacDonald


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During the last quarter of the nineteenth-century, images of the Haida's immense cedar houses and soaring totem poles were captured by photographers who travelled to then-remote villages such as Masset and Skidegate to marvel at, and record, what they saw there. Haida Monumental Art includes a large number of these remarkable photographs. They depict the Haida villages at the height of their glory and record their tragic deterioration only a few decades later. In addition, George MacDonald presents an integrated framework for understanding the physical structure of a Haida village, explaining how the houses and poles are part of a fascinating web of myth, family history and Haida cosmology.

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  • Title Haida Monumental Art: Villages of the Queen Charlotte Islands
  • Author George F. MacDonald
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st Paperback Ed
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • Date 1995
  • ISBN 9780774804844 / 077480484X
  • Weight 3.63 lbs (1.65 kg)
  • Dimensions 11.92 x 11.94 x 0.9 in (30.28 x 30.33 x 2.29 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Haida sculpture, Haida art
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 94003977
  • Dewey Decimal Code 730.899

About the author

George F. MacDonald is an anthropologist and was the director of the Canadian Museum of Civilization from 1983-1998.

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"Haida Monumental Art: Villages of the Queen Charlotte Islands" by George F. MacDonald, Foreword and Graphics by Bill Reid, Commentary by Richard J. Huyda. Vancouver: UBC Press and Seattle: University of Washington Press, [1994]. Originally published in 1983. This is a paperback reprint edition published in 1994. pp. 218, Bibliography. numerous b. & w. illus. (18 in colour). Paperback (corners bent, covers scratched, shelf wear, inside covers and text margins yellowed).Very Good condition.Size: 11 7/8" x 12" (30cm x 30.5cm).++PLEASE NOTE: This is a heavy book. Please contact us for a shipping quote for your destination. Postage will be extra.
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Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, in co-operation with the Provincial Archives of British Columbia, 1995. Book. Illus. by Reid, Bill (illustrator). Fair. Paperback. Reprint. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 218 pages. 'A monument in itself... a sourcebook to which the scholar can return over and over again... a valuable companion to the museum visitor who wishes to learn more about the context of the Haida poles... pleasurable and informative reading for anyone interested in Northwest Coast culture... The historic photographs are stunning. To see the villages as the earliest photographers saw them is to recapture in part the wonder and majesty that was the Haida cultural heritage. At the same time the grief that was the destruction of the villages is all too apparent." - From back cover. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Moisture exposure to fore-edge of front cover and first fifty pages has resulted in light staining and mild undulations. A sound copy of this… Read More
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