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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 759.13 EAN: 9780295979472 ISBN: 029597947X Label: University of Washington Press Manufacturer: University of Washington Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 198 Publication Date: 2000-07 Publisher: University of Washington Press Studio: University of Washington Press Related Items: Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Average Rating:
 Rating:  - A fine book from a wonderful professorI took the Northwest Coast Art History classes from Professor Bill Holm at the University of Washington. He not only was one of the finest art history teachers, he spoke with direct knowledge. During his adult life, he lived with some of the tribes and learned directly from their elders. He has the deepest respect for the Northwest Coast natives as they have for him. His book is a way of documenting what he has learned in order to pass on the knowledge before the dominant culture erases it forever. ... Read More Rating: - The Consummate Expert on Northwest Coast ArtBill Holm is a hand's-on expert and the furthest thing from someone who would illegitimately profit from the commercialization of native art. As the more helpful reviews above note, he has personally carved, woven, quilled, steamed and "bent" boxes, silversmithed, and otherwise recreated and revivified native arts and crafts of the Plains, Intermountain, and Northwest Coast regions. Holm has done this not to "colonize" native culture nor to flood the market with "fakes," but to better ... Read More Rating:  - native american hobbyist/fakeThe book attempts to authenticate third-rate paintings of Native Americans, by a non-Native. Isn't it strange how non-Native hobbyists always write the books and are the 'experts'? The book is an example of colonization of Native American art. 
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