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This survey of totem poles from the Tlingit settlements of Alaska to the Kwakiutl villages of Vancouver Island examines the traditions that led to their creation. It includes both the authors vivid drawings of totem poles and historical photographs of early native settlements.

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title Totem Poles of the Pacific Northwest Coast author Malin - photo 1

title:Totem Poles of the Pacific Northwest Coast
author:Malin, Edward.
publisher:Timber Press, Inc.
isbn10 | asin:0881920681
print isbn13:9780881920680
ebook isbn13:9780585340760
language:English
subjectTotem poles, Indian sculpture--Northwest Coast of North America.
publication date:1986
lcc:E98.T65M35 1986eb
ddc:730/.8997
subject:Totem poles, Indian sculpture--Northwest Coast of North America.
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Totem Poles of the Pacific Northwest Coast
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Alert Bay village about 1920 The house posts at left symbolize the Thunderbird - photo 2
Alert Bay village about 1920 The house posts at left symbolize the Thunderbird surmounted over grizzly bear crests.
The pole at the far right was carved by Mungo Martin for a Nimkish Kwakiutl patron.
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Totem Poles of the Pacific Northwest Coast
Edward Malin
with illustrations by the author
Page iv 1986 by Timber Press All rights reserved ISBN 0-88192-068-1 - photo 3
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1986 by Timber Press
All rights reserved
ISBN 0-88192-068-1
Printed in Hong Kong
Designed by Sandra Mattielli
TIMBER PRESS
9999 SW Wilshire
Portland, Oregon 97225
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
1
Introduction
3
Picture 4
Methodology
4
Picture 5
The Practice of Raising Carved Poles
5
Picture 6
Defining the Totem Pole
5
Part One
Chapter I
Totem Poles and Native Culture
Picture 7
The People and Their Environment
9
Picture 8
The Sea and the Land
10
Picture 9
The Tribes
11
Picture 10
Tribal Map
14
Picture 11
The Villages
16
Picture 12
House and House Names
18
Picture 13
The Antiquity of Totem Poles
19
Chapter II
A Forest of Poles
25
Picture 14
The Prototype Poles
26
Picture 15
The Subject Matter on Poles
45
Chapter III
Stylistic Characteristics
Picture 16
The Haida Style
65
Picture 17
The Tsimshian Style
71
Picture 18
The Tlingit Style
74
Picture 19
The Kwakiutl Styles
76
Picture 20
The Bella Coola Style
82
Picture 21
West Coast Style
84
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