[CANADA - ALASKA] BARBEAU, Marius. Totem Poles. - Lot 178

[CANADA - ALASKA] BARBEAU, Marius. Totem Poles. Ottawa, National Museum of Canada, 1964. 2 volumes, in-8, paperback, illustrated covers. XII - IX - 880 pages (continuous pagination). Numerous black photographs and illustrations in text and on full pages. Color maps on back covers. In English. Small black marks on boards, spines sunned, spine of first volume warped. Monograph devoted to the totem poles of the native populations of Canada and Alaska (Tlingit, Haida, Tsimsyan, Kwakiutl, Nootka, Salish). Richly illustrated with photographs of these polycephalic ritual effigies, arranged and described according to their morphological characteristics, the tribes to which they belong and their religious and political functions. The author explains in detail the myths and taboos surrounding these fascinating sacred figures. Satisfactory condition, fresh interior.