Art in the Life of the Northwest Coast Indian by Erna Gunther (1896-1982) - 1966

xi+275 pages with frontispiece, black and white and color plates and bibliography. Square octavo (8" x 7 1/4") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. First edition. The Museum s collection of Native American art began in 1948 with the purchase of the Axel Rasmussen Collection. Numbering more than eight-hundred objects, most dating prior to the close of the nineteenth century, the Rasmussen Collection of the Portland Art Museum is widely-recognized as containing many of the finest works of Northwest Coast art in the world. Condition: Previous owner's name on frontispiece verso, edge wear, wrapper rubbed else good to very good.