ARCTIC JOURNEYS, ANCIENT MEMORIES: SCULPTURE BY ABRAHAM ANGHIK RUBEN. by Ruben, Abraham Anghik. Preface bBy Kevin Gover. Forword by William W. Fitzhugh. Essay by Bernadette Drisoll Engelstad - 2012
by Ruben, Abraham Anghik. Preface bBy Kevin Gover. Forword by William W. Fitzhugh. Essay by Bernadette Drisoll Engelstad
ARCTIC JOURNEYS, ANCIENT MEMORIES: SCULPTURE BY ABRAHAM ANGHIK RUBEN.
by Ruben, Abraham Anghik. Preface bBy Kevin Gover. Forword by William W. Fitzhugh. Essay by Bernadette Drisoll Engelstad
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Washington, D.C.: Arctic Studies Center, National Museum of History, 2012. 87 pp, 11" H. Profusely illustrated with colour and b&w photographs, maps. The catalogue of the exhibition. "(F)eatures twenty-three pieces by this master sculptor, widely celebrated for his ability to tell us deep histories in new ways. His massive, intricately carved narratives speak not only of Inuit prehistory and settlement but of Viking legends and forays into the New World. The results are astounding, not just in terms of their great beauty and craftsmanship, but also the dialogues they present about ancient and living northern cultures." from the Preface. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very minor corner edge wear/wrinkling, minor rubbing on the rear cover.. Not Signed. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Abraham Anghik Ruben, sculptor..
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- Illustrator Abraham Anghik Ruben, sculptor.
- Format/Binding Paperback
- Book Condition Used - Very Good
- Edition First Edition
- Binding Paperback
- ISBN 10 0981614213
- ISBN 13 9780981614212
- Publisher Arctic Studies Center, National Museum of History
- Place of Publication Washington, D.C.
- Date Published 2012
- Keywords Abraham Anghik Ruben, Sculptors, Sculpture, Inuit Sculpture, Exhibitions, Inuit Prehistory, Vikings, Viking Mythology, Canadian Arctic, Narwhals, Soapstone, Bronze, Shamans, Umiak, Viking Ships.
