Chiefly Feasts: The Enduring Kwakiutl Potlatch Paperback - 1991

From Library Journal This book accompanies an exhibit of the art of the Kwakiutl Indians of Northern Vancouver Island and the mainland at the American Museum of Natural History. The fascination of the potlatch to our acquisitive culture should broaden interest in this book and its excellent text. The quality of the museum's Kwakiutl collection and the expert gathering of its key portions for the exhibition and this book were made possible more than a century ago as Franz Boas and George Hunt began collecting objects from the enduring cultural tradition of the Kwakiutl. It remains their masks, however, that have at once an artistic finesse and a ritual presence that make this book a beautiful catalog of the Kwakiutl. Recommended for academic, museum, and public libraries. - David Bryant, Belleville P.L., N.J. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Conditon - Cover is water stained, edge-worn, wrinkled, creased, folded corners, scuffs, scratches and stains - Bookplate on front flyleaf, ink residue transferred to inside front cover - Water stain on foot edge of text block, some pages have folded corners - Other pages appear to be in good shape with no writing, marks, folded, torn, stains or missing pages.