First Peoples of Canada: Masterworks from the Canadian Museum of Civilization

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By Jean-Luc Pilon and Nicholette Prince
With contributions from Ian Dyck, Andrea Laforet and Eldon Yellowhorn
Foreword by Douglas Cardinal

First Peoples of Canada offers readers a rare opportunity to experience a celebrated exhibition that has toured the world, yet has never been shown in Canada. This beautifully designed, full-colour book presents a collection of 150 archaeological and ethnographic objects produced by Canada’s First Peoples – including some that are roughly 12,000 years old – that represent spectacular expressions of creativity and ingenuity.

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First Peoples of Canada: Masterworks from the Canadian Museum of Civilization
By Jean-Luc Pilon and Nicholette Prince
With contributions from Ian Dyck, Andrea Laforet and Eldon Yellowhorn
Foreword by Douglas Cardinal

October 2013, ISBN 978-1-4426-2612-6
176 pp., 195 illustrations, 23 x 28 cm, paperback

First Peoples of Canada offers readers a rare opportunity to experience a celebrated exhibition that has toured the world, yet has never been shown in Canada. This beautifully designed, full-colour book presents a collection of 150 archaeological and ethnographic objects produced by Canada’s First Peoples – including some that are roughly 12,000 years old – that represent spectacular expressions of creativity and ingenuity.

Curators Jean-Luc Pilon and Nicholette Prince sought out pieces that could be considered “masterworks” based on their aesthetic qualities, symbolic value or the skills and raw materials used in manufacturing them. These unique and priceless artifacts embody the rich diversity of skills and materials used by Canadian Inuit, First Nations and Métis in both ancient and modern times.

First Peoples of Canada is full of insights not only on the pieces themselves, but also on the cultures that produced them and the geography of this vast land. Readers will come away from this book with a renewed appreciation of the lifestyles and achievements of Canada’s original inhabitants.

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