Title Discovering totem poles : a traveler's guide / Aldona Jonaitis

Published Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2012

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 96 p.) Series Ruth E. Kirk Books Ruth E. Kirk Books Contents Seattle. The Seattle totem pole at Pioneer Square ; Grizzly Bear House posts at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture -- Victoria. Wawadit'la, the Mungo Martin House at the Royal British Columbia Museum ; Sgaang Gwaii (Ninstints) poles at the Royal British Columbia Museum ; Tony Hunt's grizzly bear and human post at Horseshoe Bay -- Vancouver. Haesemhliyawn Memorial totem pole of the Gitk'san from Gitanyow (Kitwancool) at the Museum of Anthropology ; Monuments by Bill Reid, Doug Cranmer, and Jim Hart at the Museum of Anthropology ; The Thunderbird House post by Tony Hunt at Stanley Park ; Carvings by Susan Point, Joe David, and Don Yeomans at Vancouver International Airport -- Vancouver Island. The world's tallest pole at Alert Bay ; The poles in Alert Bay -- Prince Rupert. Eagle on the decayed pole at Prince Rupert by Dempsey Bob and Glen Wood -- Haida Gwaii. Qay'llnagaay (Sea lion town) -- Ketchikan. Saxman and Totem Bight ; A portrait in Saxman Park ; The Clan House at Totem Bight ; The Chief Kyan pole ; The Ketchikan Indian Community Tribal Health Center totem poles-- Sitka. Chief Saanaheit's poles at the Sitka National Historical Park ; Sitka's monuments at World's Fairs ; The K'aylaan pole by Tommy Joseph ; The Sitka Wellbreity totem pole by Wayne Price -- Juneau. Curturally modified trees by Richard Beasley at Mount Roberts ; The Wasago pole at the alaska State Office Building ; The Wooshkeetan pole by Nathan Jackson and Steve Brown Summary Explores the stories behind the making and displaying of 90 different totem poles found in Washington State, British Columbia and Alaska Notes "A Ruth E. Kirk Book." Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed Subject Totem poles -- Guidebooks Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America -- Antiquities -- Guidebooks ART -- Sculpture & Installation. ART -- Native American. Indians of North America -- Antiquities Totem poles SUBJECT Northwest Coast of North America -- Guidebooks Subject North America -- Northwest Coast of North America Genre/Form Guidebooks Form Electronic book LC no. 2021694794 ISBN 9780295806884 0295806885

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