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Chiefly feasts : the enduring Kwakiutl potlatch / edited by Aldona Jonaitis ; with essays by Douglas Cole ... [et al.] ; and special editorial help by Peter L. Macnair.

Contributor(s): Jonaitis, Aldona, 1948- | Cole, Douglas Lowell, 1938-1997 | American Museum of Natural History
Language: English Publisher: Seattle; New York : University of Washington Press; American Museum of Natural History, 1991.Description: 300p. : ill., map, photos (many col.) ; 26 x 27cm.ISBN: 0295971142Subject(s): Kwakiutl Indians -- Rites and ceremonies | Potlatch -- British Columbia | Kwakiutl art
Contents:
Chiefly feasts: the creation of an exhibition / Aldona Jonaitis; Streams of property, armor of wealth: the traditional Kwakiutl potlatch / Wayne Suttles; The history of the Kwakiutl potlatch / Douglas Cole; George Hunt, collector of Indian specimens / Ira Jacknis; The contemporary potlatch / Gloria Cranmer Webster; The treasures of Siwidi / Judith Ostrowitz and Aldona Jonaitis.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book British Museum Royal Anthropological Institute Open Shelves KUB [JON-] (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available L60609
Total holds: 0

Catalogue of an exhibition held at the American Museum of Natural History, October 1991 - February 1992.

Bibliography: p. 289-295.

Chiefly feasts: the creation of an exhibition / Aldona Jonaitis; Streams of property, armor of wealth: the traditional Kwakiutl potlatch / Wayne Suttles; The history of the Kwakiutl potlatch / Douglas Cole; George Hunt, collector of Indian specimens / Ira Jacknis; The contemporary potlatch / Gloria Cranmer Webster; The treasures of Siwidi / Judith Ostrowitz and Aldona Jonaitis.