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Author Pilon, J.-L. (Jean-Luc), author.

Title First peoples of Canada : masterworks from the Canadian Museum of Civilization / Jean-Luc Pilon and Nicholette Prince ; with a foreword by Douglas Cardinal ; contributions by Ian Dyck, Andrea Laforet and Eldon Yellowhorn
Published Toronto : University of Toronto Press ; [Gatineau, QC] : Canadian Museum of Civilization, [2013]
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Description 1 online resource (167 pages) : colour illustrations, color map
Contents Foreword / Douglas Cardinal -- Introduction / Jean-Luc Pilon and Nicholette Prince -- A Bastion of Our Past: A Short History of the Canadian Museum of Civilization / Jean-Luc Pilon, Nicholette Prince, and Ian Dyck -- The Canadian Museum of Civilization's Collection of First Peoples' Artifacts and Art / Andrea Laforet -- First Nations of Canada: Language Families; Culture Areas; First Nations of Modern Canada / Eldon Yellowhorn -- First Peoples of Canada: Masterworks from the Canadian Museum of Civilization
Summary This beautifully designed, full-colour book presents a collection of 150 archaeological and ethnographic objects produced by Canada's First Peoples - including some that are roughly 12,000 years old - that represent spectacular expressions of creativity and ingenuity
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Online resource; title from PDF tile page (JSTOR, viewed February 20, 2021)
Subject Indian arts -- Canada -- Exhibitions
Indians of North America -- Material culture -- Canada -- Exhibitions
Indians of North America -- Canada -- Antiquities -- Exhibitions
Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Antiquities -- Exhibitions
HISTORY -- Canada -- General.
ART -- History -- General.
Indigenous peoples -- Antiquities
Indian arts
Indians of North America -- Antiquities
Indians of North America -- Material culture
Canada
Genre/Form Exhibition catalogs
Form Electronic book
Author Laforet, Andrea Lynne, 1948- author.
Prince, Nicholette, 1964- author.
Cardinal, Douglas, writer of foreword.
Dyck, Ian G., author.
Yellowhorn, Eldon, 1956- author.
Canadian Museum of Civilization.
ISBN 9781442616769
1442616768