Bella Bella: A Season of Heiltsuk Art by Martha Black ISBN 13: 9780295976082

University of Washington Press, 1997-03. Paperback. Good.

University of Washington Press, 1997-03-01. Paperback. Very Good. Text and images are clean and unmarked. The photo illustrated wrapper shows some general handling.

Seattle, WA: Univ of Washington Press, 1997. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Color and B&W Photographs. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Near Fine copy of the First Edition; Clean, square, tight binding, very slight wear to the edges of the wraps. Original publisher's review slip laid in.

Royal Ontario Museum, Douglas & McIntyre, University of Washington Press, 1997. LIght handling and edgewear to wrappers, corners lightly bumped, page edges tanned, dampstain to fore-edge also lightly affecting some pages, previous owner name on halftitle page. xv, 207 pp., illus., including several color plates. [deV]. Paperback. Good/N/A. Wide 8vo.

Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.: University of Washington Press, 1997. Very Good, Paperback. Paperback. Very Good.

Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum, 1997. Paperback. VG- light wear and minor scuffing to wraps. Color-illustrated wraps with red, white, and black lettering. xv, 207 pp. BW and color illustrations and maps. The original Heiltsuk-speaking tribes inhabited the outer islands, protected inland waterways, and mainland fiords of the central Northwest Coast. In 1880 the Methodist Church made the Heiltsuk village of Bella Bella its base for mission work on the Northwest Coast. By the time missionary and doctor Reverend Richard W. Large arrived in 1898 the village outwardly resembled a European-style town, but Heiltsuk culture persisted. While the Heiltsuk absorbed, adapted, and appropriated aspects of Euro-Canadian culture to their needs, they also maintained their ancestral artistic traditions and spiritual ceremonies, sometimes under clandestine circumstances. Large was among the missionaries approached by museum agents to assist in the acquisition of artifacts, resulting in one of the most significant… Read more

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Canada: Univ of Washington Pr. Paperback. 029597608X 207 pages. References. "This seminal work focuses on Canada's premier collection of Heiltsuk art, the R.W. Large Collection in the Royal Ontario Museum, illuminating its early twentieth-century origins and the continuity and power of Heiltsuk cultural expression. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Worthy reading copy. . Fair. 1997. First Edition.