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Haida monumental art : villages of the Queen Charlotte Islands

by George F. MacDonald, Bill Reid, Richard J. Huyda

This study examines the monumental art, cedar houses, and totem poles of Haida villages in British Columbia. Incorporating historic photographs and site plans, it analyses how these physical structures are integrated with Haida culture, myth, and cosmology.

Accession 738 ISBN 0295973625 Publisher UBC Press
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