Raven Travelling : Two Centuries of Haida Art

by Augaitis, Daina

• ISBN13: 9780295986197
• ISBN10: 0295986190
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-07-30
• Publisher: Univ of Washington Pr

Summary

Published to coincide with a major exhibition celebrating the Vancouver Art Gallery's 75th anniversary, Raven Travelling features 140 colour photos of Haida masterpieces from the last two centuries, from exquisitely carved totem poles and masks to remarkable pipes, plates and baskets. The works come from collections across the world, as well as many private collections.

Table of Contents

Director's foreword	p. 1
This box of treasures	p. 2
In the beginning : Haida stories	p. 6
Out of the silence	p. 22
Haida art and Haida Gwaii	p. 28
These shining islands	p. 40
Reclaiming Haida culture	p. 48
Everything depends on everything else	p. 56
From the hands of Master Carpenter	p. 82
Following the discipline of the old masters	p. 126
The repatriation of our ancestors and the rebirth of ourselves	p. 140
The impulse to create	p. 154
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