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Aaron Glass (Editor)

Description: Objects of Exchange: Social and Material Transformation on the Late...

Objects of Exchange: Social and Material Transformation on the Late Nineteenth-Century Northwest Coast

Mique’l Askren is a PhD candidate in art history at the University of British Columbia and co-leader of the Git Hayetsk dancers.

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Aaron Glass (Editor)

PublisherBard Graduate Center

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Objects of Exchange was curated by Aaron Glass, BGC Assistant Professor of Anthropology. His publications cover various aspects of First Nations visual art, media, and performance on the Northwest Coast, and include The Totem Pole: An Intercultural History (with Aldona Jonaitis). His documentary film In Search of the Hamat’sa examines the history of the Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw “Cannibal Dance, “ and he has recently collaborated on the restoration of Edward Curtis’s 1914 silent film In the Land of the Head Hunters.

Mique’l Askren is a PhD candidate in art history at the University of British Columbia and co-leader of the Git Hayetsk dancers.

Margaret Blackman is Professor Emerita of Anthropology at The College at Brockport, State University of New York.

Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse is an art historian at the Bill Holm Center for the Study of Northwest Coast Art, Burke Museum, and a lecturer at the University of Washington.

Kimon Keramidas is Assistant Director of the Digital Media Lab at the Bard Graduate Center.

Judith Ostrowitz is a visual artist and independent art historian in New York City.

Megan Smetzer is an independent art historian and lecturer at the Emily Carr University of Art + Design.

Nina Stritzler-Levine is the Chief Curator and Executive Editor of Gallery Publications at the Bard Graduate Center.

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BOOKObjects of Exchange: Social and Material Transformation on the Late Nineteenth-Century Northwest Coast

Aaron Glass (Editor)

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00276

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The late nineteenth century was a period of rapid colonization and dramatic change for the indigenous peoples of the Northwest Coast of America. Objects of Exchange approaches the material culture of the period as visual evidence of shifting intercultural relations. Drawing on the collection of the American Museum of Natural History—from decorated clothing to containers, ceremonial regalia to trade goods—this book reveals the artistic traces of dynamic indigenous activity whereby objects were altered, repurposed, and adapted to meet the challenges of the time. Rather than treating the period as a climax of “traditional” art and culture, the authors suggest that we view its objects as witnesses to the dawn of an indigenous modernity. This remarkable book includes an intimate family portrait of the renowned Haida artist Charles Edenshaw; a discussion of the use of silver in economic and ceremonial contexts; and an exploration of the ways in which Tlingit women adapted beadwork to crest display as well as the tourist trade.

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Aaron Glass (Editor)

PublisherBard Graduate Center

Print publication date February 2011 (out of print)

Print ISBN 9780300174427

EISBN 9780300265989

Illustrations 152

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