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    Cedar ? Tree of Life to the Northwest Coast Indians: Tree of Life to the Northwest Coast Indians

    Cedar ? Tree of Life to the Northwest Coast Indians by Stewart, Hilary;

    Tree of Life to the Northwest Coast Indians

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    • Publisher MV ? University of Washington Press
    • Date of Publication 1 March 1995

    • ISBN 9780295974484
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages192 pages
    • Size 229x254x15 mm
    • Weight 476 g
    • Language English
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    Short description:

    Looks at the many uses for cedar devised by the Northwest Coast Indians, discusses the tools and techniques they used to work with it, and describes their spiritual beliefs concerning the wood

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    Long description:

    From the giant cedar of the rainforest came a wealth of raw materials vital to the way of life, art and culture of the early First Nations people of the Northwest Coast.

    All parts of the cedar tree had many uses. From the wood, skilled men made ocean-going canoes, massive post-and- beam houses, monumental carved poles that declared history, rights and lineage, and powerful dance masks. Women dextrously wove the inner bark into mats and baskets, plied it into ocordage and netting or processed it into soft, warn, water-repellent clothing. They also made the strong withes into heavy-duty rope and wove the roots into watertight baskets.

    Hilary Stewart explains, through her vivid descriptions, 550 detailed drawings and 50 photographs, the tools and techniques used, as well as the superbly crafted objects and their uses--all in the context of daily and ceremonial life. Anecdotes, oral history and the accounts of early explorers, traders, missionaries and native elders highlight the text.

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