Research Catalog

Title

In the spirit of the ancestors : contemporary Northwest Coast art at the Burke Museum / edited by Robin K. Wright and Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse.

Author

Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture

Publication

Seattle : Bill Holm Center for the Study of Northwest Coast Art, Burke Museum : University of Washington Press, [2013]

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

• Wright, Robin Kathleen
• Bunn-Marcuse, Kathryn B.
• Peterson, Shaun, 1975-

Description

ix, 150 pages : illustrations; 27 cm.

Summary

"In the Spirit of the Ancestors celebrates the vitality of contemporary Pacific Northwest Coast art by showcasing a selection of objects from the Burke Museum's collection of more than 2,400 late-twentieth- and early-twenty-first-century Native American works. Essays focus on contemporary art while exploring the important historical precedents on which so many artists rely for training and inspiration. Margaret Blackman reflects on building one of the largest collections of Northwest Coast serigraphs, and Joe David reminisces about his artistic journey through mask-making. Shaun Peterson, Lisa Telford, and Evelyn Vanderhoop discuss the historical precedents for working in styles that were kept alive only by a few critical artists and are now making a comeback. Robin K. Wright explores the history of box drums and their revival. Emily Moore discusses the repatriation of two stolen house posts and proposes a new concept of "propatriation" to describe the resulting commissioning of contemporary posts to take their place. Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse explores the power of adornment and how clothing, jewelry, and personal adornments like tattooing express tribal and personal identity in ways both connected to the past and grounded in the present. The diversity of approaches presented by these contributors speaks to artists, collectors, academics, tribal communities, and all those interested in Pacific Northwest Coast art. Splendid color photographs of works never before published will delight everyone. Robin K. Wright is curator of Native American art at the Burke Museum, director of the Bill Holm Center for the Study of Northwest Coast Art, and professor of art history at the University of Washington, Seattle. She is the author of Northern Haida Master Carvers. Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse is assistant director of the Bill Holm Center for the Study of Northwest Coast Art"--

Series Statement

Native art of the Pacific Northwest

Uniform Title

Native art of the Pacific Northwest

Alternative Title

Contemporary Northwest Coast art at the Burke Museum

Subject

• Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture > Catalogs
• 1900-2099
• HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Pacific Northwest (OR, WA)
• Indian art > Northwest Coast of North America > 20th century > Catalogs
• Indian art > Northwest Coast of North America > 21st century > Catalogs
• Art > Seattle > Catalogs
• ART / Native American

Genre/Form

Catalogs

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-141) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Coast Salish Design : An Anticipated Southern Analysis / Shaun Peterson -- Behind the "Screens" : A Collection, the Collectors, and the Art / Margaret B. Blackman -- The Naaxiin : Robe of Sacred Honor / Evelyn Vanderhoop -- Wearing Identity : The Strength of Expression through Personal Adornment / Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse -- Intertwining : Learning for the Future from Our Past / Lisa Telford -- Notes on Masks / Joe David -- Northwest Coast Box Drums / Robin K. Wright -- Acts of Propatriation : Two Kaats' House Posts by Nathan and Stephen Jackson / Emily Moore.

ISBN

9780295992600 (hardback)

LCCN

^^2012046997

OCLC

• 817593999
• SCSB-10237790

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library