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A Wealth of Thought
Franz Boas on Native American Art
A WEALTH OF THOUGHT
FRANZ BOAS ON NATIVE AMERICAN ART
Edited by Aldona Jonaitis
University of Washington Press
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Douglas & McIntyre
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
A wealth of thought : Franz Boas on Native American art / edited by Aldona Jonaitis.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
ISBN 0-295-97325-0 (cloth). — ISBN 0-295-97384-6 (pbk.)
1. Indian art—Northwest Coast of North America. 2. Indian art. 3. Art, Primitive. I. Boas, Franz, 1858–1942. II. Jonaitis, Aldona, 1948– .
E78.N78W43 1994
704′.03979—dc20
94-15180
CIP
Published simultaneously in Canada by Douglas & McIntyre, 1615 Venables Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V5L 2H1
Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data
Boas, Franz, 1858–1942
A wealth of thought
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 1-55054-180-3
1. Indian art—Northwest coast of North America. 2. Art, Primitive—Northwest coast of North America. I. Jonaitis, Aldona, 1948– . II. Title.
E78.N78B62 1994 709′.01′109795 C94-910583-X
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.
“My fancy was first struck by the flight of imagination exhibited in the works of art of the British Columbians.… I divined what a wealth of thought lay hidden behind the grotesque masks and the elaborately decorated utensils of these tribes.”
—Franz Boas, The Kwakiutl of Vancouver Island
Contents
Introduction: The Development of Franz Boas’s Theories on Primitive Art Aldona Jonaitis
Transactions, New York Academy of Sciences, 1889
2. The Use of Masks and Head Ornaments on the Northwest Coast of America
Internationales Archiv für Ethnographie, 1890
3. The Decorative Art of the Indians of the North Pacific Coast
4. The Decorative Art of the Indians of the North Pacific Coast
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1897
5. Facial Paintings of the Indians of Northern British Columbia
American Museum of Natural History Memoirs, 1898
6. Art of the Thompson Indians
7. The Decorative Art of the North American Indians
9. Notes on the Blanket Designs
In “The Chilkat Blanket,” by George T. Emmons, American Museum of Natural History Memoirs, 1907
