Spirit and Ancestor: A Century of Northwest Coast Indian Art in the Burke Museum

by Bill Holm

"This book is a major contribution Northwest Coast art history and ethnography and a permanent visual record of the highest quality. Essential for the expert, the serious interest to the student of Northwest Coast culture, Spirit and Ancestors also provides an introduction to a fascinating art form." " This catalog of 100 of its finest pieces. Tools, trade items and the rarest ceremonial objects from the Columbia River to Southeast Alaska are described internationally respected expert Bill Holm and portrayed in superb color photographs."

Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum, Monographs, No 4

256 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1987

About the author

Bill Holm (born 1925) is a U.S. artist, author and art historian specializing in the visual arts of Northwest Coast Native Americans as well as a practitioner and teacher of the Northwest Coast art style. He is Professor Emeritus of Art History, and Curator Emeritus of Northwest Coast Indian Art at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture. His 1965 book Northwest Coast Indian Art: An Analysis of Form has for decades been the standard introductory text in the field.

His eight books have won scholarly acclaim and recognition with four Washington State Governor's Writers Awards, and two special Governor's awards. His achievements as an artist were celebrated in a 2000 book, Sun Dogs and Eagle Down, The Indian Paintings of Bill Holm. In 2001, he was honored with a certificate of appreciation from the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian people of Southeast Alaska through the Sealaska Heritage Institute.

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