Origin And Meaning Of The Totem Poles In Southeastern Alaska
Alaska Mining Record Print, 1898. Wraps. Very Good. Item #668757
Scarce Alaska publication. Auction records only list a copy being printed in Sitka Alaska in 1897; no copies of this Juneau 1898 printing. Original salmon printed wraps, measuring 5.875 x 8.25 in. 14pp. of text, plus 6 pages of ads featuring the Occidental Hotel, Winter & Pond (photography), Koehler-James (general mercantile), B.M. Behrends (general mercantile), Decker Bros. (“Yukon Outfits at Wholesale Prices”), and The Alaska Yukon Stove Factory. Frobese spent 12 years amongst the natives of Southeastern Alaska, the text features an essay on the origin and meaning of the Tlingits (Thlingets) totem poles; the purpose and meaning of the Haida totems, and family totems. ALSO OF NOTE: From the library of noted anthropologist Grace Nicholson (1877-1948) with her stamp and pencil notation at the top of the front cover, and the Library of the Laboratory of Anthropology (Santa Fe, NW) stamp noting that this pamphlet was donated by Nicholson. // Moderate handling wear to the covers, slight creasing in places, and two hole punches along the spine, else Very Good.
Price: $400.00