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Title:
Discovering totem poles : a traveler's guide / Aldona Jonaitis.
Author:
Jonaitis, Aldona, 1948-
Publication Information:
Seattle : University of Washington Press ; Vancouver : D & M Publishers Inc., ©2012.
Call Number:
E98 .T65 J65 2012
Abstract:
Explores the stories behind the making and displaying of 90 different totem poles found in Washington State, British Columbia and Alaska.
ISBN:
9780295991870
Physical Description:
xiii, 96 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 26 cm
General Note:
"A Ruth E. Kirk Book."
Contents:
Seattle. The Seattle totem pole at Pioneer Square ; Grizzly Bear House posts at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture -- Victoria. Wawadit'la, the Mungo Martin House at the Royal British Columbia Museum ; Sgaang Gwaii (Ninstints) poles at the Royal British Columbia Museum ; Tony Hunt's grizzly bear and human post at Horseshoe Bay -- Vancouver. Haesemhliyawn Memorial totem pole of the Gitk'san from Gitanyow (Kitwancool) at the Museum of Anthropology ; Monuments by Bill Reid, Doug Cranmer, and Jim Hart at the Museum of Anthropology ; The Thunderbird House post by Tony Hunt at Stanley Park ; Carvings by Susan Point, Joe David, and Don Yeomans at Vancouver International Airport -- Vancouver Island. The world's tallest pole at Alert Bay ; The poles in Alert Bay -- Prince Rupert. Eagle on the decayed pole at Prince Rupert by Dempsey Bob and Glen Wood -- Haida Gwaii. Qay'llnagaay (Sea lion town) -- Ketchikan. Saxman and Totem Bight ; A portrait in Saxman Park ; The Clan House at Totem Bight ; The Chief Kyan pole ; The Ketchikan Indian Community Tribal Health Center totem poles-- Sitka. Chief Saanaheit's poles at the Sitka National Historical Park ; Sitka's monuments at World's Fairs ; The K'aylaan pole by Tommy Joseph ; The Sitka Wellbreity totem pole by Wayne Price -- Juneau. Curturally modified trees by Richard Beasley at Mount Roberts ; The Wasago pole at the alaska State Office Building ; The Wooshkeetan pole by Nathan Jackson and Steve Brown.
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