Way of the Masks

Claude Levi-Strauss. University of Washington Press, $22.5 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-295-96636-6

``This exploration of what the author perceives as the collective mind will appeal to students of both art and anthropology,'' wrote PW of Levi-Strauss's study of the colorful Swaihwe tribal masks and their societal and cross-cultural significance to the natives of British Columbia. Photos. (November)

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