300 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 26 x 27 cm
Résumé
A collection of art (masks, head-dresses, blankets, coppers, feast dishes, and other Kwakiutl ceremonial objects) made by [Kwakwaka'wakw Indigenous peoples] of northern Vancouver Island and the nearby mainland.
Notes
The spelling of Kwak wala / Wayne Suttles -- Chiefly feasts : the creation of an exhibition / Aldona Jonaitis -- Streams of property, armor of wealth : the traditional Kwakiutl potlatch / Douglas Cole -- George Hunt, collector of Indian specimens / Ira Jacknis -- The contemporary potlatch / Gloria Cranmer Webster -- Postscript : the treasures of Siwidi / Judith Ostrowitz and Aldona Jonaitis.
Catalog of a travelling exhibition held at the American Museum of Natural History, New York, October-February 1992 and others.
