Northwest Coast Indians Coloring Book

Thirty-three black-and-white drawings representing aspects of the culture and society of Indians of the Northwest coast.

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Sixteen authentic images of ceremonial masks, stylized animals, and other striking motifs capture the rich and mysterious symbolism of Native American cultures, among them the Tlingit, Kwakiutl, Haida, Tsimshian, Chilkat, and other Northwest Coast tribal groups. To create dramatic glowing effects, simple color illustrations and place near a light source.

Thirty-eight carefully researched, accurate illustrations of Seminoles, Mohawk, Iroquois, Crow, Cherokee, Huron, other tribes engaged in hunting, dancing, cooking, other activities. Authentic costumes, dwellings, weapons, etc. Royalty-free. Introduction. Captions.

Forty-two carefully researched illustrations depict prehistoric Indians of the Arctic, woodland cultures in the Northeast, cliff dwellers of the Southwest, many more. Ready-to-color scenes include hunting, food-gathering, ceremonies, games, dances, and numerous other aspects of tribal life before the European arrival. Introduction. Captions. Map.

The 50th anniversary edition of this classic work on the art of Northwest Coast Indians now offers color illustrations for a new generation of readers along with reflections from contemporary Northwest Coast artists about the impact of this book. The masterworks of Northwest Coast Native artists are admired today as among the great achievements of the world�s artists. The painted and carved wooden screens, chests and boxes, rattles, crest hats, and other artworks display the complex and sophisticated northern Northwest Coast style of art that is the visual language used to illustrate inherited crests and tell family stories. In the 1950s Bill Holm, a graduate student of Dr. Erna Gunther, former Director of the Burke Museum, began a systematic study of northern Northwest Coast art. In 1965, after studying hundreds of bentwood boxes and chests, he published Northwest Coast Indian Art: An Analysis of Form. This book is a foundational reference on northern Northwest Coast Native art. Through his careful studies, Bill Holm described this visual language using new terminology that has become part of the established vocabulary that allows us to talk about works like these and understand changes in style both through time and between individual artists� styles. Holm examines how these pieces, although varied in origin, material, size, and purpose, are related to a surprising degree in the organization and form of their two-dimensional surface decoration. The author presents an incisive analysis of the use of color, line, and texture; the organization of space; and such typical forms as ovoids, eyelids, U forms, and hands and feet. The evidence upon which he bases his conclusions constitutes a repository of valuable information for all succeeding researchers in the field. Replaces ISBN 9780295951027

A noted illustrator renders more than 270 designs produced by the Indians of the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, and the western coast of Canada: Nootka, Kwakiutl, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and other groups.