A Legacy of Arctic Art

A catalog and memoir combining photographs, analytical descriptions, and the author’s anecdotes about the artists represented in her collection of arctic art, now part of the University of Alaska’s Museum. The catalog covers the spectrum of Eskimo painting, graphic art, basketry, wood carving, skin and cloth sewing, dolls, engraved ivory from 1866 to the present, and masks. The volume is published to accompany the University of Alaska arctic art exhibit in June 1996. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.