Native American ArtNative American arts and crafts are enjoying renewed appreciation and increasing recognition as a vital part of America's cultural heritage. This volume, a magnificent collection of full-colour photos and incisive commentary, presents the richness and celebrates the diversity of this centuries-old tradition and places it within a larger historical and social context. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 6 |
THE SOUTHWEST | 123 |
Ancient Peoples Visual Traditions Art and Religion | 174 |
Copyright | |
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Alaska American Indian Anasazi animals artists atlatl baskets beadwork blankets British Columbia buffalo California carved Ceramic ceremonial Cheyenne chief color cotton crest culture Dance dancer David Penney decorated deerskin designs Detroit Institute Eastern Woodlands Effigy engraved Eskimo European feathers figurines glass beads Haida headdress Height Hohokam Hopi hunting images Institute of Arts Island kachina Kwakiutl Lakota Late Archaic Length lineage Masco Art Collection masks Mesquakie Mexico Middle Woodland period Mimbres Mississippian culture Mississippian period Mound Museum of Natural National Museum native Natural History Navajo nineteenth century North America Northern Arizona Northwest Coast Ohio Hopewell Ojibwa OPPOSITE ornaments painted patterns pipe bowl Plains porcupine quills potlatches Pueblo regalia region represent ritual sacred sandpainting shaman shell Smithsonian Institution smoking pipes southern Southwest spirit stone style technique Tlingit trade tradition tribes Tsimshian Underwater Panther village walrus ivory warriors weaving women Wood wool worn yarn Yupik Zuni