Native Arts of the Columbia Plateau
Subtitle: The Doris Swayze Bounds Collection
By: edited by Susan E. Harless
Contributors: Susan E. Harless (Editor)
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: July 1998
Place of publication: Seattle, WA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9780295976730
Copyright date: 1998
Subjects: Art of indigenous peoples; Folk art; Indigenous peoples; Art; Art & Art Instruction; USA; American - Native American; Bounds, Doris Swayze; Ethnological collections; American - General; Antiquities; Collectors and collecting; Columbia Plateau; Indian art; Indians of North America; Material culture
Description: This book brings overdue recognition to the artistry and craftsmanship of the Plateau Indians by focusing on the remarkable collection amassed by the late Doris Swayze Bounds, a banker in Hermiston, Oregon, who grew up with and deeply loved Native people and their culture. She was loved in return, and many of the nearly one thousand Plateau items in her collection came to her as gifts from her Indian friends who expressed their respect and affection in their time-honored tradition of gift-giving.

Exposed to Euro-Americans relatively late, the Plateau Indians managed to retain many of their traditional lifeways of fishing, hunting, and gathering, as well as a vigorous ethic of generosity and respect for others. The pieces in the Bounds collection, which date mainly from the 1870s to the 1960s, reflect all these aspects of Plateau culture. They range from sturdy baskets made to hold roots or berries to elaborately beaded elkhide "tail dresses" worn on festive occasions.
Notes: The collection is housed in the High Desert Museum, Bend, Or.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 111-128) and index.
Table of contents: pagenum: List of Illustrations | vii; pagenum: Acknowledgments | xii; title: Kathrine S. French
pagenum: Introduction | xiii; label: 1
title: Susan E. Harless
pagenum: Doris Swayze Bounds: Collector of Objects, Collector of Friends | 3; label: 2
title: Vivian M. Adams (Yakama)
pagenum: In a Spiritual Way: A Portrait of Plateau Spirituality in Traditional Art | 29; label: 3
title: Richard G. Conn
pagenum: The Plateau Culture Area and Its Arts: Toward an Understanding of Plateau Aesthetics | 40; label: 4
title: Mary Dodds Schlick
pagenum: Handsome Things: Basketry Arts of the Plateau | 57; label: 5
title: Barbara Loeb and Maynard White Owl Lavadour (Cayuse, Nez Perce)
pagenum: Transmontane Beading: A Statement of Respect | 71; label: 6
title: Kate C. Duncan
pagenum: Honoring People, Honoring Life: Floral and Figural Beadwork on the Plateau | 87; label: 7
title: Barbara A. Hail, with comments by Lilian "Sis" Moses (Nez Perce, Yakama, Cayuse)
pagenum: Doris Bound's Role in Contemporary Native Pageantry | 103; title: Vivian M. Adams (Yakama)
pagenum: Afterword | 108; pagenum: Notes | 111; pagenum: Selected Readings on Plateau Culture | 120; pagenum: About the Contributors | 129; pagenum: Index | 132