Catalog - Enigmatic House Planks of the April River Clans Printed on off-white paper

Printed on off-white paper

An early still life by famed La Conner artist Clayton James

The adze features a wooden handle and a naturally forked or "T" shaped head with a slotted tip

By Eve McCauley

A whimsical pencil sketch on paper most likely done at her Oakville home on the farm with big horn sheep

Catalog - Enigmatic House Planks of the April River Clans Printed on off-white paper28 pages, includes full color photos of the collection. ABOUT THE COLLECTOR Dr. Robert V. Elam, PhD (1937 2015) was a professor of history and anthropology at various colleges and universities from Massachusetts to California for 30 years. He began collecting tribal and folk art in the 1960s and opened his first gallery, Fourth World Art, in 1981. Bob exuded a passion for ethnology and loved sharing comparisons and interpretations of cross cultural