240 pages. Thirty excellent sepia-toned photographic plates. Description of life in northern Vancouver Island by a pioneer of Kingcome Valley. Part 1, The potlatch (reconstruction of a typical potlatch); part 2, Recollections of an Indian agent. Interesting large newspaper clipping from 1972 laid-in describes 'The Crime of Indian-Giving - Kwakiutl fight for return of seized potlatch riches'. Heavy fading to backstrip but lettering still clearly legible. Lower right quadrant of front board faded. Short openings to top of backstrip. Somewhat above-average external wear. Binding intact. Minor foxing to endpapers. Contents lightly tanned. A worthy reference copy of this informative work. Edwards & Lort 1640.; 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall; Native Peoples British Columbia Vancouver Island Alert Bay Indian Agent Government Potlatch Department of Indian Affairs Kwawkewlth Indian Agency Kwakiutl Kingcome Valley.

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Potlatch and Totem and the Recollections of an Indian Agent

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J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., London

Fecha de publicaci�n

1935

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Hardcover

Ilustrador

Illustrated by Halliday, W.M. (photography)

Edici�n

First Edition.

Estado

Fair

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