cover image From the Land of the Totem Poles

From the Land of the Totem Poles

Aldona Jonaitis. University of Washington Press, $45 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-295-97022-6

Jonaitis explains how the American Museum of Natural History developed its collection of tribal art from the Northwest Coast. According to PW , this volume is flawed for having only ``a few brief, scattered references to totem poles,'' but its illustrations of shamans' masks, charms, canoes and household items are ``first-rate . '' (Jan.)