The Spirit sings : artistic traditions of Canada's first peoples

Summary: Publication to accompany the exhibition held at the Glenbow Museum, Calgary, during the Olympic Winter Games of 1988. Six essays describe aboriginal costumes, quillwork, stone, wood and bone carvings, jewelry, masks and ritual objects, mainly from the pre-contact era, as well as paintings and diary sketches by Europeans at the time of contact.

Record details

ISBN: 0771033559
Physical Description: 264 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm.
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Publisher: Toronto : McClelland and Stewart ; [Calgary] : Glenbow Museum, c1987.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Catalog issued in conjunction with an exhibition mounted by the Glenbow Museum for the 1988 XV Winter Olympics in Calgary. "Shell Canada Limited is the exclusive corporate sponsor of the exhibition The Spirit Sings." "The publishers make grateful acknowledgement to the Ontairo Arts Council for their financial assistance." "The authors of The Spirit Sings are the curators of the exhibition of the same name, mounted by the Glenbow Museum in conjunction with the 1988 XV Winter Olymics in Calgary."
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Bibliography: p. 247-262.
Formatted Contents Note:	Preface / Duncan Cameron -- Introduction / Julia D. Harrison -- I have lived here since the world began : Atlantic coast artistic traditions / Ruth Holmes Whitehead -- Like a star I shine : Northern Woodlands artistic traditions / Ruth B. Phillips -- By the power of their dreams : artistic traditions of the Northern Plains / Ted J. Brasser -- No little variety of ornament : Northern Athapaskan artistic traditions / Judy Thompson -- Pretending to be Caribou : the Inuit parka as an artistic tradition / Bernadette Driscoll -- Silent speakers : arts of the Northwest Coast / Martine J. Reid.
Citation/References Note:	Worldwide art catalogue bulletin, no. 21332.