Faces in the Forest

Faces in the Forest
Author: Michael D. Blackstock
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2001
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780773522565

In Faces in the Forest Michael Blackstock, a forester and an artist, takes us into the sacred forest, revealing the mysteries of carvings, paintings, and writings done on living trees by First Nations people. Blackstock details this rare art form through oral histories related by the Elders, blending spiritual and academic perspectives on Native art, cultural geography, and traditional ecological knowledge. Faces in the Forest begins with a review of First Nations cosmology and the historical references to tree art. Blackstock then takes us on a metaphorical journey along the remnants of trading and trapping trails to tree art sites in the Gitxsan, Nisga'a, Tlingit, Carrier, and Dene traditional territories, before concluding with reflections on the function and meaning of tree art, its role within First Nations cosmology, and the need for greater respect for all of our natural resources. This fascinating study of a haunting and little-known cultural phenomenon helps us to see our forests with new eyes.

Carved Trees

Carved Trees
Author: Robert Thomas
Publisher:
Total Pages: 16
Release: 2011
Genre: Aboriginal Australians
ISBN: 9780731372065

In 1978, the collections of the State Library of NSW were further enriched by receiving the Clifton Cappie Towle collection, donated by his family. This collection includes more than a thousand photographs showing Aboriginal weapons and implements, rock art, ceremonial sites, shell middens and stone arrangements from all parts of NSW, all photographed between about 1920 and 1940. The State Library of NSW is presenting an exhibition of these works, containing some of the most beautiful, haunting images of carved trees collected by Clifton Cappie Towle before his death in 1946.

The Dendroglyphs

The Dendroglyphs
Author: Robert Etheridge (Junior)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 276
Release: 1918
Genre: Art, Primitive
ISBN: