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Notice catalographique « Patterns of power : the Jasper Grant Collection and Great Lakes Indian art of the early nineteenth century »

Titre
Patterns of power : the Jasper Grant Collection and Great Lakes Indian art of the early nineteenth century
Auteur ou éditeur
Phillips, Ruth B. (Ruth Bliss), 1945-
Lieu de publication
Kleinburg, ON
Maison d'édition
McMichael Canadian Collection
Date de publication
1984
Collation
151 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 28 cm
Notes
  • Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Lenders to the exhibition -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: 'My Indian cabinet' -- The collectors: 'Among tribes and nations of Indians'; Official duties: more in the use of the axe than the firelock; Social life in upper Canada: a curious country; The land: the country is beautiful for a wild one; Collecting: a great beauty and curiosity; The Indians: all as nature formed them; Notes -- The collection: Indian and European in the Great Lakes region in the early nineteenth century; Indian life in the Great Lakes region in 1800; The Manitos and the cosmos; Patterns of power; Structuring the cosmos; The representation of dreams; The art of the pouch; The art of the shaman; Art for war and worship; The art of dress; Art for white men; Notes; Appendix I: a letter from Jasper Grant to his brother, Rev. Alexander Grant; Appendix II: a description of an eastern Great Lakes Midewiwin ceremony; Appendix III: address of the Ottawas, Chippewas, and Potawatomis to Colonel Grant -- Catalogue: The Jasper Grant Collection; A note on dating and provenance; Additional early Great Lakes art from the National Museum of Ireland; Early Great Lakes art from Canadian collections; Supplementary illustrations, Part I: the collectors; Supplementary illustrations, Part II: the collection.
  • Text in English and French, each with its own title page
  • Title on added title page: Vers la force spirituelle
Langue
  • French = Français
  • English = Anglais
Sujet
  • Grant, Jasper - Art collections
  • Art - Exhibitions
  • Indigenous art - Great Lakes Region (North America) - Exhibitions
  • Ontario - History - 1791-1841
  • Grant, Jasper - Collections d'art
  • Art autochtones - Grands Lacs, Région des (Amérique du Nord) - Expositions
  • Ontario - Histoire - 1791-1841
  • Art - Expositions
ISBN/ISSN
0-77439-551-6
Pays
Canada
Type de document
Monograph = Monographie
Localisation
E 78 E2 P44
Clé
3306
Collection
Catalogue
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