Potlatch at Gitsegukla: William Beynon's 1945 Field Notebooks - Anderson, Margaret; Halpin, Marjorie

Clean, tight, unmarked; spine straight and uncreased; absolute minimal wear; appears unread; In 1945, Beynon attended and participated actively in five days of potlatches and totem pole raisings at the Gitksan village of Gitsegukia. There he complied four notebooks containing detailed and often verbatim information about the events he witnessed. Beynon's notebooks are among the most significant written records of Northwest coast potlatching are are an unsurpassed resource documenting these activities among the Gitksan. This rare, first-hand, ethnographic account of a potlatch reveals the wonderful complexities of the events that took place in Gitsegukia in 1945.
Near Fine
Soft cover
UBC Press
2000
Vancouver, BC