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Raven's journey : the world of Alaska's native people

Title
Raven's journey : the world of Alaska's native people / Susan A. Kaplan and Kristin J. Barsness ; with contributions by Adria H. Katz [and others] ; with photographs by Harmer Frederick Schoch.
Author
Kaplan, Susan A., 1951-
Publication
Philadelphia : University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1986.

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Additional Authors
  • Barsness, Kristin J., 1959-
  • Katz, Adria H.
  • Schoch, Harmer Frederick
  • University of Pennsylvania. University Museum.
Description
208 pages : illustrations (some color); 31 cm
Summary
Catalogue of an exhibition held at the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, in celebration of the Museum's centennial, 1986. Three major sections: Eskimo, Athapascan, and Tlingit. Also includes essays on specific items e.g. The Raven Cape and The Knight Island Robe.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Exhibition catalogs
  • Exhibitions.
Note
  • Catalog of an exhibition held at the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, in celebration of the Museum's centennial, 1986.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographies.
Contents
Foreword / Robert H. Dyson, Jr., Director; Mrs. Cummins Catherwood, Jr., Chairman, Board of Overseers -- Introduction / Susan A. Kaplan, Kristin J. Barsness -- George Byron Gordon and the early development of the University Museum / Eleanor M. King and Bryce P. Little -- Louis Shotridge and the objects of everlasting esteem / Maureen Milburn -- The Raven Cape : a Tahitian breastplate collected by Louis Shotridge / Adria H. Katz -- The Knight Island robe / Cheryl Samuel -- [Color plates] -- Eskimo in the Sky-land ... along the rivers ... on the sea ... away from the water ... by the ice ... within the village ... in another world ... among the drums -- Athapascan in a watchful world ... along the grease trail -- Tlingit along the shore ... within the house ... in distant times ... beyond the limits ... with great esteem.
ISBN
  • 0934718806
  • 9780934718806
  • 0934718822
  • 9780934718820
LCCN
86024916
OCLC
  • ocm14358996
  • 14358996
  • SCSB-1910243
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library