Out of the Mist: Treasures of the Nuu-Chah-Nulth Chiefs

by Alan L. Hoover, Martha Black, Peter L. Macnair, et al.

Book Overview

Out of the Mist celebrates the art, culture and history of the Nuu-chah-nulth (formerly called Nootka) nations. It features the material culture--including many major art pieces--of the richly complex... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 077189547X
• ISBN13: 9780771895470
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Royal British Columbia Museum
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.0" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

The Nuu-chah-nulth celebration!

Finally, an exhibition catalogue featuring the dynamic work of Nuu-chah-nulth artists! This fabulous catalogue brings together contemporary and historical pieces in a thoroughly modern way. Contemporary art, such as the outstanding work of Tim Paul, is beautifully illustrated and accompanied with the artist's own interpretations. The works are continually connected with their people and history, as illustrated by the current photograph of Earl Maquinna George, Ahousaht and other first-ranking hereditary chiefs.