
Pickup available at U'mista Cultural Centre
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Pacific Northwest Coast Aboriginal Art: What Am I Seeing?
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U'mista Cultural Centre
Pickup available, usually ready in 4 hours1 Front Street
#253
Alert Bay BC V0N 1A0
Canada+12509745403
- Illustrates ten well-known objects and nineteen crest designs from the Pacific Northwest Coast along with meanings and stories. - Identifies seven main design elements along with variations. - 112 colour illustrations and photos, 6.5" x 8.5"; soft cover, 64 pages.
This guide book, designed to give you a glimpse of Pacific Northwest Coast Aboriginal art, will give you a deeper understanding and whet your appetite for learning more about today's vibrant, complex aboriginal cultures. Three sections show you where to look to identify many of the things you will see--from three-dimensional objects like bentwood boxes, ceremonial houses, masks and canoes, to crest designs, to the main design elements in Pacific Northwest Coast aboriginal art. This book is also available in French, German and Spanish.