Drawings of Enooesweetok of the Sikosilingmint Tribe of Eskimo, Fox Land, Baffin Island [FACSCIMILE EDITION]
by Edmund Carpenter
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- Paperback
- Condition
- Fine Condition
- Seller
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Houston, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Rock Foundation, New York, 2001. Book. Fine Condition. Wrappers, with board Box. Beautifully printed reproductions, each on a separate sheet, of 21 sketches by the Eskimo native, collected at the turn of the 20th century by Robert Flaherty. Cased in a cloth covered clamshell box with separately printed sewn wrapper commentary by the esteemed anthropologist Edmund Carpneter nearly a century later. Only two copies of the original 1915 book are known to exist. This facsimile copy is an unnumbered copy from an edition of 200. Drawings by the Eskimo at this time were exceptionally rare, and the harsh weather of the region isolated the native peoples from the art traditions of the world. But these minute, spare, and sensitive renditions of a life lived closely tied to nature, the walrus, the caribou, the hunt. An exquisite production of a rare glimpse into what is still a little explored world..
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- Title
- Drawings of Enooesweetok of the Sikosilingmint Tribe of Eskimo, Fox Land, Baffin Island [FACSCIMILE EDITION]
- Author
- Edmund Carpenter
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine Condition
- Publisher
- Rock Foundation, New York
- Date Published
- 2001
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Anthropology;
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