Author: Vickie Jensen. Published by Douglas & McIntyre Ltd, Vancouver, BC. 1992, 1st Edition. Artistically Signed by the Artists Son. Printed in Canada by Friesens. Like New Condition HARDCOVER Book. Very Good Condition Dust Jacket, unclipped with minor wear. Wonderfully illustrated. Size: 9.75 x 8.75 inch, 175 pages.
RARE: Beautifully inscribed and signed by Isaac Tait, the son of Norman Tait, the featured artist in the book, in both Nisg'a and English!
WHERE THE PEOPLE GATHER, CARVING A TOTEM POLE, by Vickie Jensen, is the first book to document the entire process of carving a totem pole.
The totem pole - in all its powerful beauty is a distinctive and widely recognized form of traditional native art that is alive and thriving today.It begins with, renowned Nisga'a artist Norman Tait's inspection of the raw cedar log and ends with the raising of the 42-foot completed pole three months later. This totem pole is named Wil Sayt Bakwhlgat, which means, the place where the people gather.
