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THBMathers "The Far North" & Various Alaskan / Inuit Books
Lot 219
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Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Bidsquare : Indigenous Art - Ralph T. Coe Center, Santa Fe, NM
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Featuring works of art from the Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico, a non-profit focused on promoting Indigenous Arts globally. All proceeds from the sale of these items will support future grants to Rehoming Program participants. Artemis Fine Arts info@artemisfinearts.com
Featuring works of art from the Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico, a non-profit focused on promoting Indigenous Arts globally. All proceeds from the sale of these items will support future grants to Rehoming Program participants. Artemis Fine Arts info@artemisfinearts.com
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United States / Canada, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A varied group of mid-20th century booklets and ephemera focused on Alaska Native lifeways, storytelling, customs, and northern ethnography, with emphasis on first-person narratives, community publishing, and cultural documentation. Highlights include several signed items and illustrations from indigenous authors and artists. The most intriguing is the photo album by Charles Wesley Mathers (1868-1950), one of the first professional photographers in the Northwest Territories. Of interest-though unrelated to the Indigenous Arctic theme of the books - is a typewritten letter advertising The FRA: A Journal of Affirmation, issued by the Roycroft Shops in East Aurora, NY. The letter is dated 1915 and signed by Elbert Hubbard II, written just six months after the death of his father, Elbert Hubbard, the founder of the Roycroft movement, who perished aboard the RMS Lusitania. Size of Mathers' album: 11" L x 9" W (27.9 cm x 22.9 cm)
"Eskimo Life: Told by an Eskimo Artist", by Robert Mayokok, softcover, published by The Nome Nugget, 1956. Softcover. "True Eskimo Stories", by Robert Mayokok, softcover, signed by the author on the flyleaf. Undated. "Eskimo Customs", by Robert Mayokok, softcover, published 1965 by The Nome Nugget, signed by the author with a note from a previous owner. "Eskimo Stories" by Robert Mayokok, softcover, self-published, signed by the author. "According to Papa", as told by David Paul to Audrey Loftus, softcover, bound with a leather cord, published 1957 by St. Matthew’s Episcopal Guild. "Alaska’s Cooking", Anchorage Woman’s Club, softcover spiral-bound. Third printing, 1961. Written note on the dedication page by a previous owner. "Aboriginal American Harpoons: A Study in Ethnic Distribution and Invention" by Otis Tufton Mason, 1900. Pages 189-304, 19 plates. From the Report of the United States National Museum for 1900. Missing its original wrapper; rebound in blue paper cover. A useful reference guide. "Alaska Calendar Weekly Log, Daily Memo and Guide", 1948. Spiral-bound, unused, with original box. "The Far North", photos by C.W. Mathers, Edmonton, Canada. 27 mounted photographic plates on cardstock, cord-tied binding. "...In the Beginning" by Roger Silook, illustrated by Robert Mayokok. Softcover, published 1970. Signed by the author on the introduction page. Note from a previous owner on the inside of the cover. "Yupik Stories" by Dolores Kawagley. Softcover, undated. with library checkout slip on the back cover; first checked out in 1978. "Artists of the Tundra and the Sea" by Dorothy Jean Ray, University of Washington Press, 1961.
Provenance: private El Dorado Hills, California, USA collection
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#195544Several books are signed by the author. Various notes on several from previous owners and library stamps. All are in good to great condition. The "Aboriginal American Harpoons" is missing cover wrapper and rebound in modern times with blue cardstock, but pages are intact and excellent. The Mathers album has tearing and curling to edges of cover and pages, but photo prints are excellent and intact.Condition
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