Totem Pole Carving: Norman Tait, Bringing a Log to Life

by Vickie Jensen

The first book to document the entire process of carving a Northwest Coast totem pole

In 1985, photographer and writer Vickie Jensen spent three months with Nisga'a artist Norman Tait and his crew of young carvers as they transformed a raw cedar log into a forty-two-foot totem pole for the BC Native Education Centre. Having spent years recovering the traditional knowledge that informed his carving, Tait taught his crew to make their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295745320
• ISBN13: 9780295745329
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.0" x 9.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher