1996
Edité par : University of Washington press
ISBN : 0-295-97561-X
1 vol. (242 p.) ; illustrations, photographies ; 32 cm

Description

For centuries the Haida lived on the Queen Charlotte Islands, a remote archipelago off the Northwest Coast of North America. Art, myth and ceremony were an integral part of their lives, and over time they developed a rich, distinctive and powerful style of sculpture and painting. By the time the first Europeans landed on the shores of their homeland, Haida art had attained a refined and noble sophistication of style to display complex myth and transformation

Bibliographie pp. 235-238. Index

Œuvres étudiées

Œuvres du Musée de la musique citées dans cet ouvrage :

• Flûte à conduit / E.1219 / Anonyme / Haïda Gwaïi / Colombie-Britannique / Canada / Amérique du Nord / Amérique / 1e moitié du 19e siècle