@mastersthesis {7060,
	title = {Haida Argillite Pipe Carvers: Stylistic Attributions},
	year = {1985},
	school = {University of Washington},
	abstract = {The Haida people of the Queen Charlotte Islands carved a black carbonaceous shale during the nineteenth century for sale to non-Haida buyers. The first objects documented to have been carved in this material are tobacco pipes, ca. 1820. These pipes were produced in large numbers and in a variety of styles, and while a few were actually smoked, they were acquired by visitors to the Northwest Coast as decorative objects. This dissertation presents the results of a stylistic analysis of 970 Haida pipes as a study of individual nineteenth century Haida artists{\textquoteright} carving styles.
A computerized statistical analysis produced the frequencies of stylistic characteristics found on 970 Haida pipes. The chronology of stylistic change in argillite carving is presented based on a detailed analysis of documented nineteenth century collections of 317 Haida pipes. Fifty-five stylistically similar groups of pipes are identified. It is suggested that these fifty-five groups represent the work of about thirty nineteenth century Haida artists. Most of the groups represent the work of anonymous artists or groups of artists who worked closely together in the early and mid-nineteenth century. A few have been associated with named late nineteenth century Haida carvers. The stylistic and iconographic changes in argillite carving are related to the changes in Haida culture and to the interactions between the Haida and Euro-American buyers of their art during the nineteenth century.},
	keywords = {Pre-Columbian and Latin American Art},
	author = {Robin Kathleen Wright}
}
