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So much more than art : Indigenous miniatures of the Pacific Northwest / Jack Davy.

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"Miniatures - canoes, houses and totems, and human figurines - have been produced on the Northwest Coast since at least the sixteenth century. What has motivated Indigenous artists to produce these tiny artworks? Through case studies and conversations with artists themselves, So Much More Than...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Davy, Jack (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Miniature objects > Northwest, Pacific.
Miniature craft > Northwest, Pacific.
Indigenous art > Northwest, Pacific.
Indigenous art.
Miniature craft.
Miniature objects.
Pacific Northwest.
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Practice and Play: The Makah
  • 2 The Haida String: Northern Peoples
  • 3 Tiny Dancers and Idiot Sticks: The Kwakwa̲ka̲'wakw
  • 4 Small Foundations: Tulalip Tribes
  • 5 An Elemental Theory of Miniaturization
  • 6 Analysis of Technique and Status
  • 7 Miniature Realities.

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