Medicine Men on the North Pacific Coast : National Museum of Canada Bulletin No. 152 Anthropological Series No. 42
by Barbeau, Marius
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- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
National Museum of Canada, 1958. Trade Paperback. Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 6 1/2""w x 9 3/4""h. 96 pages. Age-toned paper. Many b&w illustrations and photographs. Beautiful color map endpapers. ""In this volume, native medicine itself is considered from the standpoint of plastic arts, mostly in Haida carvings of argillite and soft wood.""
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- Title
- Medicine Men on the North Pacific Coast : National Museum of Canada Bulletin No. 152 Anthropological Series No. 42
- Author
- Barbeau, Marius
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- National Museum of Canada
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- Medicine Men, North Pacific Coast, Marius Barbeau, native Healers, Shamans, Evil Spirits, Mystic Practices, visions, Fasting, Singing, dancing Aprons, Round rattles, Occult art, Haida Carvings, argillite, Soft Wood
- Bookseller catalogs
- Native Peoples;
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- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.