Museum notes. Vol. III
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alternative: Museum and art notes
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is part of: British Columbia Historical Books Collection
is part of: Museum and art notes
contributor: Vancouver Museum
creator: Art, Historical and Scientific Association of Vancouver, B.C.
issued: 2018-12-13
issued: 1928
description: "quarterly (irregular) Vol. 1-8, 1926-35. Suspended between October 1935 and August 1949. Vo!. 1-2, September 1949-April 1952. Title varies: v. 1-3 (1926-28) as Museum notes. Table of contents. Short articles deal with such diverse topics as Vancouver's cultural life, early B.C. postage stamps, pioneer ranching, transportation, B.C. Indians, etc."-- Lowther, B. J., & Laing, M. (1968). A bibliography of British Columbia: Laying the foundations, 1849-1899. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 184.
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extent: 31, 35, 37, 33 pages : photographs, illustrations
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note: I JHuaram •Notes Vol. III., No. 1. March, 1928. Issued by the Art *8fiBtxinrai anh ^rtruitftr ABiwriattntt of Banrnmirr, mm in the Interests of" the City Museum. GAUTAMA THE BUDDHA Born 557 B. C. Died 480 B. C. Followers of Buddhism Number 450,000,000 From Dr. W. A. Briggs' Collection Sent post free to all members of the Association. Membership Fee, $1.00 per annum, payable in advance. Members also receive the Curator's Monthly Report. Applications for membei ship should be made to the Curator at the Museum. Single copies, price 25 cents. Evans & Hastings. Printers. Van The Graphic Art of the Haidas By Mrs. W. Garland Foster & THE graphic art of the West Coast Indian tribes, now so popular, has much in common with modern symbolistic art. For the native artist did not draw directly from nature, either, being rather inclined to present the idea, for this purpose choosing the conventional design for his subject. This is true, whether he painted, carved or wove the patterns in his work. The development of carving among the Haidas is apparently connected with the art of their neighbors, the Tlingits and Tsimshians. Indeed these people are generally grouped together in their arts and customs. They show greater adaptability to civiliza tion than others, were best in war and the arts. Their folk tales are similar. Their burial customs identical. The dead were placed in mortuary houses, or in boxes on carved poles, or sometimes in caves, while Shamen, or medicine men, after death, were placed in small houses built in prominent points along the shore. These mortuary houses were decorated with carvings, and often posts were carved with the totem of the deceased. Formerly, the Haidas built their houses twenty-five or thirty feet above the ground, access being had to them by notched logs for ladders, on which were carved stories as well as crests. In later times the houses were built upon the ground. It is in this connection that the totem poles probably developed. According to …
note: Four issues in this volume. Other copies: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/504580657 Part of: Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection
has type: Books
has type: Periodicals
identifier: AM101.V2 M2
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0375739
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver : Evans & Hastings
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source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. AM101.V2 M2
subject: Art, Historical and Scientific Association of Vancouver, B.C.
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