So Much More Than Art: Indigenous Miniatures of the Pacific Northwest

Jack Davy

So Much More Than Art: Indigenous Miniatures of the Pacific Northwest
Format
Hardback
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Country
Canada
Published
15 November 2021
Pages
224
ISBN
9780774866552

So Much More Than Art: Indigenous Miniatures of the Pacific Northwest

Jack Davy

Miniatures - canoes, houses and totems, and human figurines - have been produced on the Northwest Coast since at least the sixteenth century. What has motivated Indigenous artists to produce these tiny artworks? Through case studies and conversations with artists themselves, So Much More Than Art convincingly dismisses the persistent understanding that miniatures are simply children’s toys or tourist trinkets. Jack Davy’s highly original exploration of this intricate pursuit demonstrates the importance of miniaturization as a technique for communicating complex cultural ideas between generations and communities, as well as across the divide that separates Indigenous and settler societies.

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