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PHOTOGRAPHS BY ADELAIDE DE MENIL Sex BY VWILLIAN) REID

PUBLISHED FOR THE AMON CARTER MUSEUM, FORT WORTH BY HARPER & ROW, PUBLISHERS NEW YORK, EVANSTON, SAN FRANCISCO, LONDON

AMON CARTER MUSEUM OF WESTERN ART BOARD OF TRUSTEES

MAS. J. LEE JOHNSON II, CHAIRMAN RICHARD F. BROWN MRS. AMON G. CARTER, JR. AMON G. CARTER, JR. MAS. KATRINE DEAKINS HARRY D. M. GRIER NAJEEB E. HALABY BARTLETT H. HAYES, JR. HARRY H. RANSOM C.R. SMITH oe MRS. CHARLES D. TANDY

FORMER TRUSTEES

RENE D’ HARNONCOURT JOHN DE MENIL PHILIP JOHNSON

MITGHELL A. WILDER, DIRECTOR

THE AMON CARTER MUSEUM WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1961 UNDER THE WILL OF THE LATE AMON G. CARTER FOR THE STUDY AND DOCUMENTATION OF WESTERING NORTH AMERICA. THE PROGRAM OF THE MUSEUM, EXPRESSED IN PUBLICATIONS, EXHIBITIONS, AND PERMANENT COLLECTIONS, REFLECTS MANY ASPECTS OF AMERICAN CULTURE, BOTH HISTORIC AND CONTEMPORARY.

OUT OF THE SILENCE. COPYRIGHT ©1971 BY AMON CARTER MUSEUM OF WESTERN ART. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. NO PART OF THIS BOOK MAY BE USED OR REPRODUCED IN ANY MANNER WHATSOEVER WITH- OUT WRITTEN PERMISSION EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF BRIEF QUOTATIONS EMBODIED IN CRITICAL ARTICLES AND REVIEWS. FOR INFORMATION ADDRESS HARPER & ROW, PUBLISHERS, INC., 10 EAST 53RD STREET, NEW YORK, N.Y. 10022. PUBLISHED SIMULTANEOUSLY IN CANADA BY FITZHENRY & WHITESIDE LIMITED, TORONTO.

STANDARD BOOK NUMBER: 06-011021-X LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOG CARD NUMBER: 72-77752

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WHEN WE LOOK AT A PARTICULAR WORK OF NORTHWEST COAST ART

AND SEE THE SHAPE OF IT,

WE ARE ONLY LOOKING AT ITS AFTER-LIFE. ITS REAL LIFE IS THE MOVEMENT

BY WHICH IT GOT TO BE THAT SHAPE.

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IT’S EASY TO BECOME ENTRANCED BY THE SOFT CURTAIN OF AGE, SEEING THIS

INSTEAD OF WHAT IT OBSCURES.

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AN UGLY BUILDING

CAN MAKE A BEAUTIFUL RUIN, »:

AND A BEAUTIFUL MASK

IN THE DARK OF MANY YEARS, SOFTENED BY WEAR,

BECOMES A SYMBOL WHICH TELLS US AA ae GYGEe OF Lire

DEATH, DECAY AND RE-BIRTH

IS A NATURAL AND BEAUTIFUL ONE.

HAIDA

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THIS IS NOT WHAT THEIR CREATORS INTENDED.

"THESE V WERE. OBJECTS C OF BRIGHT PRIDE,

_ TO BE ADMIRED — oe

_ IN THE NEWN ESS oo

"OF THEIR CRISP CURVED LINES, -THEPOWERFUL FLOW i OF SURE ELEGANT CURVES AND. RECESSES” YES, AND IN THE BRIGHTNESS © OF FRESH PAINT. Co

(flees \ eed GE) BY AP bes 2) es Gre) oe

OF THE COMPLETENESS OF Time Simei

THE CONTINUING LINEAGES OF THE GREAT FAMILIES THEIR CLOSENESS TO THE MAGIC WORLD

OF MYTH AND LEGEND.

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PERHAPS THEY TOLD MORE.

Se asnoAy OF LITTLE PEOPLE

FEW IN SCATTERED NUMBERS,

IN A HUGE DARK WORLD

OF ENORMOUS FORESTS

OF ABSURDLY LARGE TREES,

AND STORMY COASTS

AND WILD WATERS BEYOND, WHERE BRIEF COOL SUMMERS GAVE WAY FOREVER

TO LONG BLACK WINTERS,

AND FAMILIES ROUND THEIR FIRES, NO MATTER HOW LONG THEIR LINEAGES, NEEDED MUCH ASSURANCE

OF THEIR GREATNESS.

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HAIDA

THE WONDER OF IT ALL

Maal Winco VWWERE S@: FEV -

A HANDFUL OF SEA-HUNTERS RGiNe TONY -oOtsBLEBS

BIN tee JUNGLE-BACKED BEAGHES:

UT IT WAS AR

ABOVE ALL, A RICH SEA.

MILLIONS OF SALMON RETURNED EACH YEAR TO THE RIVERS

TO SPAWN AND DIE,

A SACRIFICE

THAT ASSURED THE SURVIVAL OF THEIR KIND, AND AT THE SAME TIME

GAVE EASY LIFE

TERE BEAR, [hE OP EER THe EAB pe

AND A HOST OF OTHERS,

A FEW OF WHOM WERE HUMANS.

IN A FEW WEEKS,

MEN COULD GATHER ENOUGH SALMON

TO LAST A YEAR.

SHELLFISH

GREW THICK ON THE ROCKS AND SANDY BOTTOMS: HALIBUT |

CARPETED THE SHELF FLOOR: BERRIES

WERE PLENTIFUL

ON THE BARE HILLSIDES: AND IF

THERE WEREN’T ENOUGH BARE HILLSIDES,

A FIRE

ON A HOT DAY

WOULD PROVIDE ONE

FOR THE NEXT YEAR.

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SEA LION AND SEA OTTER,

SEAL AND WHALE AND PORPOISE VWEREEVERYVVHERE,

AND ALL FLESH WAS MEAT.

IN THE EARLY SPRING

THE RIVERS SWARMED WITH OOLICHAN, THE MAGIC FISH GF THE NGRth eee NINETY PERCENT OIL

AND, TO THOSE WHO KNEW IT WELL, FRAGRANT, DELICIOUS OIL

TO ENHANCE THE FLAVOR

OF DRIED SALMON AND HALIBUT,

TO MIX WITH DRIED BERRIES,

TO FLAVOR STEWS,

AND JAOuUGH THEY DibNet KNOW THIS, TO PROVIDE VIOST OF THE STORED NUPRIEN MS NEGESSARY FOR LIFE

IN THE TOO-OFTEN SUNLESS seas ais:

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TLING

pre RYE IN Edy sie) (tees AND WATER LILY ROOTS

AND SEAWEEDS,

GBWbE EGE:

BLACK BEAR,

GRIZZLY BEAR,

BEER;

AND MUCH MORE,

RIGHT THERE FOR THE Tani

TLINGIT

IF THE SEA HUNT WERE UNSUCCESSFUL

OR SMOKED FISH RAN OUT

BEFORE THE NEW SEASON ARRIVED, MUSSELS WERE A DARK BLUE MANTLE

ON ALMOST ANY ROCK,

COCKLES GAY EXPOSEDSAT Ey sWneie ABALONE AND ROCK OYSTERS

COULD BE FOUND With Tee ase

TIDE POOLS YIELDED DEUIGAT ES Essa aie ris: THE OCTOPUS COULD BE FLUSHES FRET ris Gav AND CLAMS LAY UNDER MOST BEACHES.

EVEN TODAY, ONLY A STUPID MAN

COULD STARVE ON THIS COAST, AND TODAY

IS NOT AS IT WAS.

38

HAIDA

THEN | THERE WAS THE FOREST.

| NOWHERE E1 ELSE oo -

WAS THERE: ANYTHING ©

LIKE THE DOUGLAS FIR,

_ THE STRONGEST, TOUGHEST, .

__INMANY WAYS MOST REMARKABLE 2 , woop IN THE WORLD. |

ee .

HAIDA

hope oy ELBH hl,

ieee ManOwGh [HE BUTT,

POE eg erie y tee! 1 )HE FIRST LIMBS, TWO OR THREE HUNDRED FEET TALL.

. THEY, ARE NEARLY ALL GONE Now, |

- BUTFORAWHILE —

THEY PROVIDED ~ a

_ THE BEAMS AND UPRIGHTS ; AND SIDING

: FOR HALF THE HOUSES C OF AMERICA, 6 SUPPORTS FOR MANY BIG BUILDINGS. oe

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Bikes Be USE)

THEY HAD TO WAIT FOR THE WHITE MAN AND HIS STEEL AXES AND SAWS.

Rae AwVERE dust TOE) 1S tia

AND HARD AND HEAVY

FOR THE sr@Ne Axe

AND WOODEN WEDGE.

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THES SPRUCE AND ) HEMLOCK ee _ WERE SPLINTERY AND. HARD TO WORK 8 AND WEATHERED BADLY, SO A RICHNESS IN TIMBER.

~ LAY UNTOUCHED AND D USELESS TILL THE WHITE MAN CAME. _IF THIS HAD BEEN ALL,

i THESE PEOPLE == MIGHT HAVE DEGENERATED | TO SIMPLE DEPENDENCE | one FOOD RESOURCES.

THE WEST COAST CYPRESS, | _ GROWING HUGE AND PLENTIFUL _INSWAMPY AREAS AROUND CREEKS AND RIVERS.

BUT THERE WAS THE CEDAR, oe

TLINGIT

Slo he iss IG SONS Selma.

IF MANKIND IN HIS INFANCY

HAD PRAYED FOR THE PERFECT SUBSTANCE

FOR ALL MATERIAL AND AESTHETIC NEEDS,

AN INDULGENT GOD COULD HAVE PROVIDED entiVG BETLER: BEAUTIFUL IN ITSELF,

WITH A MAGNIFICENT FLARED BASE

TAPERING SUDDENLY TO A TALL, STRAIGHT TRUNK VW/RAPPED IN REDDISH BROWN BARK,

Pie woeREAT COAT OF GENTLE FUR,

GRACEFULLY SWEEPING BOUGHS,

SOFT FEATHERY FRONDS OF GRAY GREEN NEEDLES.

59

HUGE, SOME OF THESE CEDARS, FIVE HUNDRED YEARS OF SLOW GROWTH, TOWERING FROM THEIR MASSIVE BASES.

THE WOOD IS SOFT,

BUT OF A WONDERFUL FIRMNESS AND, IN A GOOD TREE,

SO STRAIGHT-GRAINED

IT WILL SPLIT TRUE AND CLEAN INTO FORTY FOOT PLANKS,

FOUR INCHES THICK

AND THREE FEET WIDE,

WITH SCARCELY A KNOT.

ACROSS THE GRAIN

IT CUTS CLEAN AND PRECISE. IT 1S LIGHT IN WEIGHT

AND Besetirul IN GOLOR, REDDISH BROWN WHEN NEW, SILVERY GREY WHEN OLD.

5g

: tT IS PERMEATED WITH NATURAL OILS : THAT MAKE IT ONE OF THE LONGEST LASTING

_ OFALL WOODs, : |

_ EVEN IN THE DAMP oS

le THE NORTHWEST COAST ‘CLIMATE,

WHEN STEAMED

IT WILL BEND WITHOUT BREAKING.

IT WILL MAKE HOUSES AND BOATS

AND BOXES AND COOKING POTS.

ITS BARK WILL MAKE MATS,

EVEN CLOTHING.

WITH A FEW BITS

OF SHARPENED STONE AND ANTLER, Wilh SOME BEAVER EEETH

AND A LOT OF TIME,

WEL LATER ON Ah Greig

YOU CAN BUILD FROM THE CEDAR TREE THe EXTERIOR TRAPPINGS

OF ONE OF THE WORLD’S GREAT CULTURES.

ABOVE ALL,

reece BUILD TOTEM POLES,

Sveti eee be OF THE NORTHWEST COAST BOIL THEM IN PROFUSION:

pobeols OF SCULPTURED COLUMNS

BETVVEEN THEIR HOUSES AND THE SEA,

PROUDLY ANNOUNCING TO ALL

fae ee Alois PAST OF FHOSE WHO DVVELT THERE:

TLINGIT

| oe most, THERE WERE PROBABLY Ne} MORE. THAN A HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE, SCATTERED ALONG © |

-A THOUSAND MILES OF COASTLINE _-TEN THOUSAND MILES MORE LIKELY-

IF BAYS AND INLETS - AND PROMONTORIES / AND ISLANDS —

WERE MEASURED. | oe SS > ISOLATED IN CLUSTERS OFA FEW HUNDRED EACH ‘MILES FROM THEIR NEAREST NEIGHBORS, _ CUT OFFBYDENSEJUNGLES, —_—~

_BY STORMY SEAS FOR MOST OF THE YEAR,

BY FIVE SEPARATE LANGUAGE GROUPS.

AND HUNDREDS OF DISTINCT DIALECTS,

AND BY SUSPICIONS AND ANIMOSITIES-

THAT OFTEN SEPARATED THEM

MORE THAN THE ELEMENTS. a

WHAT CAN A FEW PEOPLE DO. EXCEPT CLING TO A MARGINAL EXISTENCE?

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HAIDA

AND YET -ONE OF THESE CLUSTERS WAS TANW.- IT WASN'T EVEN A SINGLE POLITICAL ENTITY, BUT TWO VILLAGES SEPARATED BY ONLY A FEW YARDS.

68

— IT KNEW NO LAW _ BEYOND CUSTOM,

- Ne} HISTORY

_ BEYOND LEGEND, |

= Ne) POLITICAL UNIT

LARGER THAN THE FAMILY,

SMOGOVERNNERT = ; BEYOND AN INFORMAL MEETING OF FAMILY (HEADS PLUS THE TACIT ACCEPTANCE => |

OF F THE = SUPERIORITY C OF THE RANKING | CHIEF,

Alelaie HEIGHT OF ITS INFLUENCE, IT HAD LESS THAN A THOUSAND PEOPLE LIVING IN ABOUT TWENTY-FIVE HOUSES.

BUT IF THE WOODEN STRUCTURES OF TANU HAD SURVIVED THE HUNDRED YEARS

OF NORTH COAST WEATHER

SINGE THE EAST ORNS SURVIVORS asain ITS RUINS WOULD RIVAL

MAN’S GREATEST ACHIEVEMENTS.

TANU MAY HAVE BEEN THE CROWNING GEM OF WEST COAST MATERIAL CULTURE.

SOME OLD MEMORIES STILL RECALL

ITS ARTISTS AND BUILDERS AS THE BEST, AND OLD PHOTOGRAPHS

SHOW SOMETHING OF ITS GLORY.

BUT IT WAS ONLY ONE

SP OOZENa OF BeOsR ei Aw@ebae

KAISUN, KIUSTA, SQUONQUAI, SKIDEGATE, MASSETT, KITWANCOOL, KISPIOX, GITSIXUKLA, KITWANGA, KINCOLITH, KASAAN, KLUKWAN, BELLA BELLA, BELLA COOLA,

KOSKIMOQ, QUATSINO, NOOTKA,

AND MANY MORE.

IN EACH VILLAGE WERE GREAT HOUSES

SQVIE SEVENTY FEET BY Flip Geen

OF CLEAR ROOF SPAN,

WITH GRACEFULLY FLUTED POSTS AND BEAMS. IN THE HOUSES THERE WAS WEALTH -NOT GOLD OR PRECIOUS STONES-

BUT TREASURES THAT ONLY GREAT TRADITIONS, TALENT, AND SOMETIMES GENIUS,

WITH UNLIMITED TIME AND DEVOTION,

CAN CREATE.

76

TSIMSHIAN

THERE WERE TREASURES IN PROFUSION -THOUSANDS OF MASKS,

PAINTED AND CARVED CHESTS, RATTLES, DISHES,

UTENSILS OF ALL KINDS,

CEREMONIAL REGALIA-

PG Aris iatey oO RED

OR PROUDLY DISPLAYED

DURING THE GREAT FEASTS

AND WINTER CEREMONIES.

TSIMSHIAN

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THE NORTHWEST COAST

WERE RIGH.

MaeIR SEA EVEN RICHER:

They WERE ENDRVIOUSEY ENERGETIE AND THEY GENVERED Timelnpo® Sie. AROUND WHAT WAS TO THEM iets N GE i lines

WHAT WE NOW GALE ART”.

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HAIDA

BLD PEOPLE CAN STILL TELL HOW IT WAS” WHEN, BY BOAT, THEY ROUNDED A POINT OF LAND AND ENTERED A SHELTERED BAY

TO FIND A VILLAGE OF LARGE HOUSES AND TOTEM POLES FACING THE SEA.

; LIKE F HERALDIC. CRESTS, “ THESEPOLESTOLD |

OF THE MYTHOLOGICAL BEGINNINGS | OF THE GREAT FAMILIES,

AT ATIME BEFORE TIME, | _ WHEN ANIMALS AND MYTHIC BEASTS AND MeN - UVEDASEGUALG =< - _ AND ALL THAT WAS TO BE

— WAS. ESTABLISHED BY THE PLAY _ OF RAVEN AND EAGLE, a a a _ BEAR AND WOLF, oe FROG AND D BEAVER, ee : ae So

KWAKIUTL

THE POLES WERE MANY THINGS.

nian eo: POLE

ee tine, EINEAGE OF THE CHIEF WHO PRESIDED WITHIN.

THE MEMORIAL POLE COMMEMORATED SOME GREAT EVENT. TRE GRAVE POLE

CONTAINED THE BODY

AW ropee Eo THE CREST

OF A LEADING NOBLE.

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TLINGIT

_ EACH POLE CONTAINED THE ESSENTIAL SPIRIT _ OF THE INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILY

IT COMMEMORATED.

AS WELL AS THE SPIRIT

OF THE ARTIST WHO MADE IT,

~ AND, BY AN EXTENSION,

THE LIVING ESSENCE OF THE WHOLE PEOPLE. WHILE THE PEOPLE LIVED,

THe P@bes hheb,

AND LONG AFTER THEIR CULTURE DIED,

THE POLES CONTINUED TO RADIATE

A TERRIBLE VITALITY

THAT ONLY DECAY AND DESTRUCTION COULD END.

EVENT TRAPPED ~ | . _IN THE STAIRWELLS OF MUSEUMS,

_ TRUNCATED AND DISMEMBERED ©

IN, STORAGE SHEDS, | -

OR LYING IN SHATTERED FRAGMENTS | IN. NOW VANISHED VILLAGES

THEY ONCE GLORIFIED, |

He CONTAINED. POWER

-BORN C OF MAGIC ORIGINS © ~ AND THE GENIUS OF THEIR : CREATORS - 4 Stile SURVIVES. : ALL THINGS MUST c DIE, ? : AND GREAT ART MUST BE A LIVING THING OR IT Is NOT ART AT ALL.

HAIDA

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THESE MONUMENTS WERE THE WORK

OF MASTER CARVERS AND APPRENTICES WHO BROUGHT TO FINAL PERFECTION

AN ART STYLE WHOSE ORIGINS

LAY DEEP IN THE PAST AND PARTLY IN ASIA.

“im Was AN AUSTERE, SOPHISTICATED ART. . ITS PREVAILING MOOD WAS CLASSICAL CONTROL, : _YETITCHARACTERIZED a _ EVEN THE SIMPLEST OBJECTS OF DAILY LIFE. THESE SEA- GOING HUNTERS ~ — a | oy THE ENTIRE ENVIRONMENT AS ART FORM. :

104

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THAT EFFORT IS NOW WHOLLY PAST. EVEN MEMORY OF IT FADES.

HAIDA

ALREADY taeeOReEST HAS RECLAIMED iiaeatiy CLEARINGS MEN ONCE MAINTAINED ABOING THE TVVISTING VALLES Etats olUARMY COAST.

ONLY A HANDFUL. OF POLES | NOW STAND,

OR Wiels= FREQUENTLY LIE, iN THE DAMP, ‘LUSH FORESTS. |

ee THE FALLEN TREES.

_ THEYLIEBESIDE,

THEY HAVE BECOME > a THE LIFE-BLOOD OF YOUNGER TREES _ GROWING FROM THEIR TRUNKS. .

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f rm . ie iz G J Z « es wn ES f % ¥ 16 \ es = i es 3 q ) ( iit Ms se s Y Mia 0 sie bay nea Pi ‘c a Lone eS, “s =

INA SCENE SUBDUED

BY A MAGNIFICENT MOSS COVERING AND BY SILENCE,

rey eBehorN Vie eRe

THAT GAVE THEM BIRTH.

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NOTES on TRIBAL NAMES AND LOCATIONS OF POLES (PARENTHESIS INDICATES PRESENT LOCATION)

2 HAIDA, HOWKAN, ALASKA. ILLUSTRATED PAGE 58% 4 KWAKIUTL, TURNOUR ISLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA 9 TSIMSHIAN, KITWANCOOL, BRITISH COLUMBIA. DETAILS, PAGES 78, 79 AND 88 11 HAIDA, KIUSTA, BRITISH COLUMBIA 13 HAIDA, OLD KASAAN, ALASKA. DETAIL, PAGE 77 14 HAIDA, OLD KASAAN, ALASKA. ILLUSTRATED PAGE 22 16 HAIDA, SKEDANS, BRITISH COLUMBIA (ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM) 19 TSIMSHIAN, KITKATLA, BRITISH COLUMBIA 20 KWAKIUTL, BELLA BELLA, BRITISH COLUMBIA 22 HAIDA, OLD KASAAN, ALASKA. DETAIL, PAGE 14 24 HAIDA, SKEDANS, BRITISH COLUMBIA 25 TLINGIT, VILLAGE ISLAND, ALASKA. DETAIL, PAGE 61 28-29 KWAKIUTL, KINGCOME INLET, BRITISH COLUMBIA. ILLUSTRATED PAGE 30 30 KWAKIUTL, KINGCOME INLET, BRITISH COLUMBIA. ILLUSTRATED PAGES 28-29 33 TLINGIT, VILLAGE ISLAND, ALASKA. DETAIL, PAGE 35 35 TLINGIT, VILLAGE ISLAND, ALASKA, ILLUSTRATED PAGE 33 37 TLINGIT, TONGASS, ALASKA 39 HAIDA, OLD KASAAN, ALASKA. DETAIL, PAGE 102 43 HAIDA, NINSTINTS, ANTHGNY ISLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA (UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA) 44 HAIDA, SKEDANS, BRITISH COLUMBIA 47 HAIDA, KAISUN, BRITISH COLUMBIA 49 KWAKIUTL, VILLAGE ISLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA 50 TSIMSHIAN, GITIKS, BRITISH COLUMBIA (ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM) 53 TLINGIT, TONGASS, ALASKA 96-57 HAIDA, SKIDEGATE, BRITISH COLUMBIA 58 HAIDA, HOWKAN, ALASKA. ILLUSTRATED PAGE 2 61 TLINGIT, VILLAGE ISLAND, ALASKA. POLE ILLUSTRATED PAGE 25 63 TLINGIT, PENNOCK ISLAND, ALASKA (COPY, SAXMAN PARK) 67 HAIDA, OLD KASAAN, ALASKA. POLE ILLUSTRATED PAGE 108

69 HAIDA, TANU, BRITISH COLUMBIA (UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA). DETAILS ALSO, PAGES 75, 82 AND 105

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84-85 87 88

91 92-93 94-95 96, 97

98

101 102

105

107 108 111 113 115 116 118 119

121

HAIDA, TANU, BRITISH COLUMBIA (UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA) HAIDA, TANU, BRITISH COLUMBIA

HAIDA, TANU, BRITISH COLUMBIA (UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA). DETAIES: ALSO, PAGES 69, 82 AND 105

HAIDA, OLD KASAAN, ALASKA. POLE ILLUSTRATED PAGE 13

TSIMSHIAN, KITWANCOOL, BRITISH COLUMBIA. POLE ILLUSTRATED PAGE 9. DETAIL ALSO, PAGE 88

TSIMSHIAN, SKEENA CROSSING, BRITISH COLUMBIA

HAIDA, TANU, BRITISH COLUMBIA (UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA). DETAILS ALSO, PAGES 69, 75 AND 105

HAIDA, NINSTINTS, ANTHONY ISLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA. POLES ILLUSTRATED PAGES 107 AND 111 KWAKIUTL, VILLAGE ISLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA

TSIMSHIAN, KITWANCOOL, BRITISH COLUMBIA. POLE ILLUSTRATED PAGE 9. DETAILS ALSO, PAGES 78 AND 79

TLINGIT HOUSE POST, WRANGELL, ALASKA. POLE ILLUSTRATED PAGE 93

TLINGIT HOUSE POSTS, WRANGELL, ALASKA. DETAILS, PAGES 91 AND 94-95 TLINGIT HOUSE POST, WRANGELL, ALASKA. POLE ILLUSTRATED PAGE 93

HAIDA, UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, VANCOUVER. CARVED BY WILLIAM REID TLINGIT, WRANGELL, ALASKA

HAIDA, SUKKWAN, ALASKA

HAIDA, OLD KASAAN, ALASKA. POLE ILLUSTRATED PAGE 39

HAIDA, TANU, BRITISH COLUMBIA (UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA) DETAILS ALSO, PAGES 69, 75 AND 82

HAIDA, NINSTINTS, ANTHONY ISLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA. POLE ILLUSTRATED PAGES 84-85 AND 111 HAIDA, OLD KASAAN, ALASKA. DETAIL, PAGE 67

HAIDA, NINSTINTS, ANTHONY ISLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA. POLE ILLUSTRATED PAGES 84-85 AND 107 HAIDA, SKEDANS, BRITISH COLUMBIA

TSIMSHIAN, KITWANCOOL, BRITISH COLUMBIA

TSIMSHIAN, KISPIOX, BRITISH COLUMBIA

KWAKIUTL, KINGCOME INLET, BRITISH COLUMBIA

TLINGIT, WRANGELL, ALASKA

TLINGIT, TONGASS, ALASKA (KETCHIKAN)

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NATIONAL BOUNDARIES

ADELAIDE DE MENIL PHOTOGRAPHED IN CAMBODIA, JAPAN, AND THE BACK COUNTRIES OF BRAZIL AND PERU. SHE WORKED AT THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, SERVED AS STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ON AN ARCHEOLOGICAL EXPEDITION IN GREECE, AND MOST RECENTLY, SPENT 7 MONTHS FILMING IN NEW GUINEA. THE PHOTOGRAPHS IN THIS BOOK WERE MADE DURING 1966-68. SOME OF THE CARVINGS NO LONGER EXIST.

WILLIAM REID’S CARVINGS RIVAL THE FINEST EVER PRODUCED BY HIS HAIDA FOREBEARS. HIS MOTHER CAME FROM SKIDEGATE, HIS GRANDMOTHER FROM TANU, THE NOW-VANISHED VILLAGE THAT WAS ONCE THE CROWNING GEM OF WEST COAST ART.

A NUMBER OF HIS POLES, AND TWO HOUSES, CONSTITUTE THE CORE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA TOTEM PARK. DETAILS FROM ONE POLE ARE SHOWN ON PAGES 96-97.

DESIGN BY ARNOLD SKOLNICK

TYPOGRAPHY BY GRAPHO PRINTING BY RAPOPORT PRINTING CORP. TYPE FACE: MICROGRAMMA

$4.95

NO PEOPLE IN THE WORLD WERE MORE DEVOTED TO ART _ THAN THE SEA-FARING INDIANS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. _IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSES, FACING THE SEA, THEY ERECTED - FORESTS OF SCULPTURED COLUMNS. EACH POLE CONTAINED ~ _-. THE ESSENTIAL SPIRIT OF THE INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILY IT -.... COMMEMORATED, AS WELL AS THE SPIRIT OF THE ARTIST WHO MADE IT, AND, BY. AN EXTENSION, THE LIVING ESSENCE = SOF THE WHOLE PEOPLE. =

WHILE THE PEOPLE LIVED, THE POLES LIVED. LONG AFTER _ THEIR CULTURE DIED, THE POLES CONTINUED TO RADIATE A TERRIBLE VITALITY THAT ONLY DECAY AND DESTRUCTION a aS COULD END. :

“ADELAIDE DE MENIL- PHOTOGRAPHED IN CAMBODIA, JAPAN, AND: - THE BACK COUNTRIES OF BRAZIL AND PERU. SHE WORKED AT THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, SERVED _—~

_. AS STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ON AN ARCHEOLOGICAL EXPEDI- TION IN GREECE, AND MOST RECENTLY, SPENT 7 MONTHS FILMING IN NEW GUINEA, THE PHOTOGRAPHS IN THIS BOOK ~

- WERE MADE DURING 1966- -68. SOME OF THE CARVINGS NO

_ LONGER EXisT.

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