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 : Sun Dogs and Eagle Down: The Indian Paintings of Bill Holm

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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey 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




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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:  out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A fine book from a wonderful professor
I 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: 5 out of 5 stars - The Consummate Expert on Northwest Coast Art
Bill 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: 1 out of 5 stars - native american hobbyist/fake
The 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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