Catalogue Raisonné of the Alaska Commercial Company Collection, Phoebe Apperson Hearst Museum of Anthropology
- ISBN-10
- 0520097831
- ISBN-13
- 9780520097834
- Category
- Art
- Pages
- 582
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996
- Publisher
- Univ of California Press
- Authors
- Berkeley Phoebe Apperson Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Nelson H. H. Graburn, Molly Lee
Description
This book documents, with photographs and complete descriptions, the more than 2,200 Native Alaskan (Eskimo, Aleut, Northwest Coast, and Athapaskan) objects originally collected by the Alaska Commercial Company and donated to the University of California in 1897. Introducing the catalogue are essays on the historical background and cultural context and significance of the collection. Also included are indexes of personal and geographical names and a concordance.
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