BOXES AND BOWLS: DECORATED CONTAINERS BY NINETEENTH-CENTURY HAIDA, TLINGIT, BELLA BELLA, AND TSIMSHIAN INDIAN ARTISTS

Washington: Published for the Renwick Gallery of the National Collection of Fine Arts by the Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974. 93 pages. The catalog (beginning on p. 33) is illustrated throughout with photographs; additional photographs and a map appear with the text. Original illustrated stiff paper wraps. [29.6 cm.] Near fine. Some very slight evidence of soiling to wraps, head of spine just a trifle bumped, still an excellent copy. Ownership inscription of Richard Eugene Lyons and his wife Marjorie on the front free endpaper. Lyons (1920-2000) was a poet and longtime professor of English at North Dakota State University. FIRST EDITION. A catalog of an exhibition held at the Renwick Gallery, Nov. 13, 1973 - Nov. 9, 1975. Introduction by Sturtevant. Several prefatory essays include, "Functions of the Containers," by Ira S. Jacknis and "Structure and Design," by Bill Holm.