Raven travelling
Subtitle: two centuries of Haida art
By: Daina Augaitis ... [et al.].
Contributors: Augaitis, Daina.; Vancouver Art Gallery.
Publisher: Vancouver Art Gallery; Douglas & McIntyre; University of Washington Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Vancouver; Seattle
Language: eng
Number of pages: 182
ISBN-13: 9780295986197; 9781553651857
Subjects: Haida art -- Exhibitions; Haida artists -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions.
Other titles: Two centuries of Haida art
Description: "Published to coincide with a major exhibition celebrating the Vancouver Art Gallery's 75th anniversary, Raven Travelling features 140 colour photos of Haida masterpieces from the last two centuries, from exquisitely carved totem poles and masks to remarkable pipes, plates and baskets. The works come from collections across the world, as well as many private collections."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: "This book is given by Matt & Cyndi Johnson in honor of Daniel Johnson"--Bookplate.

"Published in conjunction with 'Raven travelling : two centuries of Haida art', an exhibition organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery, presented June 10 to September 17, 2006."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Director's foreword / Kathleen S. Bartels; title: This box of treasures / Guujaaw; title: In the beginning : Haida stories / introduced by Nika Collison; title: Out of the silence / Bill Reid; title: Haida art and Haida gwaii / Marianne Jones; title: These shining islands / Bill Reid; title: Reclaiming Haida culture / Robert Davidson; title: Everything depends on everything else / Nika Collison; title: From the hands of master carpenter / Peter Macnair; title: Following the discipline of the old masters / Isabel Rorick in conversation with Jacqueline Gijssen; title: The repatriation of our ancestors and the rebirth of ourselves / Lucille Bell and Vince Collison; title: The impulse to create / Daina Augaitis in conversations with Robert Davidson, Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas and Don Yeomans.