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Indian Art: A Concise History
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Roy C Craven
This survey, spanning 4000 years, traces the rich visual expression of one of the world's most ancient cultures through the varied arts of India. From the beginnings in the Indus valley, through the masterpieces of Buddhist and Hindu art, to the coming of Islam and the eclectic culture of the Mughal court, the country's artistic history is ...
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Beads to Buckskins
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Peggy Sue Henry (Editor)
Popular Series by Peggy Sue Henry on beading patterns and designs of the Native American Indian. Includes step-by-step illustrated instructions for easy-to-follow techniques and patterns. Color photos and B/W illustrations.
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Native North American Art
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Janet Catherine Berlo, Ruth B Phillips
An innovative survey of Native North American art history which fully incorporates substantive new research and scholarship, and examines such issues as gender, representation, the colonial encounter, and contemporary arts. By encompassing both the sacred and secular, political and domestic, the ceremonial and commercial, it shows the importance ...
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Looking at Indian Art of the Northwest Coast
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Hilary Stewart
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Hopi Silver: The History and Hallmarks of Hopi Silversmithing
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Margaret Wright
Collectors all over the world prize the distinctive silver jewellery crafted by the Hopi people of northern Arizona. This comprehensive guide, first published over thirty years ago has long been considered the best available reference on Hopi silversmithing. Beginning with a brief look at the geographic area that helped form Hopi identity and ...
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Cedar: Tree of Life to the Northwest Coast Indians
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Hilary Stewart
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Native American Crafts & Skills
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David Montgomery
An excellent introduction to the study of Native American crafts and outdoor skills
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Taino: Pre-Columbian Art and Culture from the Caribbean
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Ricardo Alegria, Jose Arrom
Organized by El Museo del Barrio in New York to coincide with a major exhibition, this is the first comprehensive English-language publication on the fascinating legacy of Taino art and culture. Showcasing over one hundred rare and beautiful ceremonial and domestic artworks and individual masterpieces of this ancient culture -- produced in Puerto ...
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The Art of Bev Doolittle
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Elise Maclay, Bev Doolittle (Illustrator)
Bev Doolittle is a well-known painter of the inhabitants of the natural world, both real and mythological: pinto ponies, Native American tribes traveling across snowy plains, plants, and dreamlike scenes inspired by everything from Shakespeare to a trip to the Grand Canyon.
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Language of the Robe: American Indian Trade Blankets
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Robert W Kapoun, Charles J Lohrmann
Over the many generations since Native Americans began trade with Europeans, few items have become so closely identified with the indigenous American cultures as has the American Indian trade blanket. From the history of the trade blanket to contemporary collectible blankets to designs of the major trade blanket manufacturers such as Pendleton ...
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Navajo and Pueblo Silversmiths
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John Adair
A Complete History Of Navajo, Zuni, Hopi And Other Pueblo Tribe Silversmithing. Tells How, Why And When Designs And Methods Changed.
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Canyon de Chelly: Its People and Rock Art
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Campbell Grant
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Hero, Hawk, and Open Hand: American Indian Art of the Ancient Midwest and South
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Richard Townsend (Editor)
Along the Ohio, Tennessee, and Mississippi Rivers, the archaeological remains of earthen pyramids, plazas, large communities, and works of art and artefacts testify to Native American civilizations that thrived there between 3000 B.C. and A.D. 1500. This fascinating book presents exciting new information on the art and cultures of these ancient ...
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Ancestors of the Incas: The Lost Civilizations of Peru
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Federico Ksaffman-Doig, Federico Kauffmann Doig, Garrett White (Editor)
This work accompanies the largest exhibition of Peruvian artifacts ever to travel to the United States. Spanning 3,000 years of history, the exhibition includes more than 300 artifacts that represent 35 ancient cultures from across Peru. Featured are gold and silver ceremonial objects; richly decorated and sculpted ceramics; delicate yet still ...
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The art of the Maya scribe
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Michael D. Coe, Justin Kerr
This illustrated guide to the classic period of the Maya civilization emphasizes Mayan writing. The Mayan peoples of Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras created a mysterious system of hieroglyphics unlike any other indigenous, pre-Columbian group of Central America.
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Language and Art in the Navajo Universe
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Gary Witherspoon
Studies Navajo culture as reflected in its art and use of language
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North American Indian Art
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David W Penney
Artistic traditions of indigenous North America are explored in a study that draws on the testimonies of oral tradition, Native American history, and North American archaeology, focusing on the artists themselves and their cultural identities. Original.
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Indian Rock Art of the Southwest
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Polly Schaafsma
This comprehensive view of carvings and paintings on stone by Native Americans from 200 B.C. through the nineteenth century surveys the rock art of Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, northern Mexico, and west Texas, providing an incomparable visual record of Southwest Indian culture, religion, and society. Rock carvings and paintings are important sources ...
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Navajo Weaving: Three Centuries of Change
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Kate Peck Kent
Lavishly illustrated and meticulously researched, this book is the classic introductory text on this appealing Native American art form.
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Masterpieces of American Indian Art: From the Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection
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Gilbert T Vincent, John Bigelow Taylor (Photographer)
The Thaw Collection of American Indian art includes objects from nearly all important American tribes. This book presents 100 of its works - masks, pottery, needlework, beadwork, headdresses, peace pipes and shields - with captions and an introduction by the curator of the collection.
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Warman's North American Indian Artifacts: Identification and Price Guide
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Russell E Lewis
Collectors and historians alike will love this dynamic and extensive guide to the historic and highly collectible world of American Indian artifacts. This reference illustrates the beauty and significance of distinct utensils, tools, weapons and ornaments through more than 1,000 stunning colour photos and current market values. Collectors will ...
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Signs of Life: Rock Art of the Upper Rio Grande
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Dennis Slifer
Humans have inhabited the Southwest since ancient times, before the existence of deserts, when the climate was wet and cooler. As the landscape changed, people and cultures evolved, and as they developed in the Rio Grande Valley, they left traces of their presence, signs of life, in their rock art. Ancient images on stone offer intriguing glimpses ...
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Design Motifs of Ancient Mexico
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Jorge Enciso
This catalog of ancient motifs contains over 760 vigorous, powerful, stark designs from pre-Columbian clay stamps made by Aztecs, Maya, Zapotecs, Toltec, Olmec, Mixtec. Depictions of serpents, gods, priests, dancers, florals, geometrics, more.
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Maya Art and Architecture
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Mary Ellen Miller
A journey into the art of one of the world's most enigmatic ancient civilizations. From temple to tomb, Mary Ellen Miller explains how and why the Maya made their greatest works and how the modern-day viewer might come to understand them. New archaeological discoveries at Copan, Tikal and Palenque are all included, and the author draws on ...
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American Indian Archery
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Reginald Laubin, Gladys Laubin
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