This is a study of the cultural meaning of the American Indian trade blanket. Representing all American Indian cultures, the blanket is an important visual statement of cultural identity, and is an integral part of ceremonies, even though it was originally produced commercially.
The dazzling Indian trade blanket has become one of the hottest categories in collecting. Icons of Adirondack and Western decor, these stunning geometric-patterned blankets remain a staple of Native American life and are regularly featured in design and shelter magazines. "Chasing Rainbows" is the first book to trace the fascinating stow of the ...
Edition: Third Edition
Binding: Staple Bound Softcover
Publisher: Museum of New Mexico Press
Date Published: 1961
Description: Very Good. Ex-Libris. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 39 pages. Short history of Navaho weaving, guidelines for identifying types and patterns, b&w reproductions of Navaho blankets. Previous owner name on fep. Pages are clean & free from markings. Binding is tight. We ship daily. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Arizona Highways
Date Published: 1974
Description: Illustrated. Magazine USED LIKE NEW fine-/no dj issued, minor edgerubbing & edgescuffing to clean color covers, interior clean and solid and bright. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Arizona Highways
Date Published: 1974
Description: Illustrated. Magazine USED LIKE NEW fine/no dj issued, minor edgerubbing to clean color covers, interior clean and solid and bright. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Arizona Highways
Date Published: 1974
Description: Illustrated. Magazine USED LIKE NEW fine/no dj issued, minor edgerubbing to clean color covers, interior clean and solid and bright. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Arizona Highways Department
Date Published: 1974
Description: Good; 119430 1974. First edition. Softbound. Book good, no jacket. No PO marks, 47pp, no index. Slight damp ripple to book. Big article on Hopi weaving, Navajo rugs & other weaving, Indian blankets. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Dorrance
Date Published: 1938
Description: Poor in No jacket. 8vo. 141 pp. Many b/w photos. VG interior and beat-up exterior; former university library copy with associated vestiges. Interesting for author's b/w photos. Listed in Smithsonian SIRIS: Catalog Source No. : (OCoLC)ocm03056582. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: The Institute of American Indian Arts
Date Published: 1976
Description: Very Good. Oblong 4to Catalogue from an exhibition of important Native American art and artifacts owned by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Includes pottery, sculpture, painting, beadwork, weaving and basketry, illustrated in both color and in black and white. Illustrated softcover, 81 pages. Light cover wear, internally about fine with no names or other markings. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: American Indian Art, Inc.
Date Published: 1976
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Good minus, worn cover, spine chipping, some dogearing of corners, contents clear. Stain to bottom edge of last 10 pages. First edition. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Good minus, worn cover, spine chipping, some dogearing of corners, contents clear. Stain to bottom edge of last 10 pages. Trade paperback 88 p., 8.5"x11". Includes Illustrations. An early isue of this great reference magazine, knowledgeable articles, with wonderful color illustrations. Aside from ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: The Southwest Indian Fair
Description: Very Good+ 8vo. Softcover. No date, ("1935" written in ink after the publisher. ) Stapled light blue wraps, No pagination [27 pages}, 4 pp of b/w illustrations, short bibliography. Covers sunned along spine & (very lightly) at edges, scant edgewear. Book interior fine. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Dennis Eros / American Indian Artifact Catalog Co.
Date Published: 1974
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. 2 volume set. 216 pages total p. Includes illustrations. The first two volumes in this series from the Fall of 1974 and Spring 1975. Stapled pictorial wraps; Books are in very good condition with some wear and rubbing to covers. The bottom edge of the front cover for Volume 1 is scrunched and wrinkled for about one inch near the spine. Volume 2 has a light crease line to the front cover. These books are extensively illustrated with B&W photographs picturing ... read more
Binding: Stapled in Card Covers
Publisher: R. G. Munn Auction
Date Published: 1990
Description: Near Fine. 62 pages. Apparently Ms. Fisher was an incredible collector, as this catalog enumerates thousands of articles of fabric, pottery, jewelry and more. The auction may be over, but provenance-seekers need to know is unending: this catalog may help many collectors of Southwestern and Native American arts and crafts to verify that an object has or has not been part of this stupendous collection. 8.5" x 11". Auction Catalog. read more
Binding: sc
Publisher: Treasure Chest Books
Date Published: 1997
Description: new. pp. 72. Brief survey of the art of Navajo weaving. Provides a short history and explanation of the different styles of this complex art form. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Crowell Publishing Co
Date Published: 1922
Description: Very Good. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. 42 page magazine. Articles: Mesa Verde Cliff Dwellers, Ronne C. Shelse; Indian Rugs and Blankets, George Wharton James. Spine is starting, minor edge wear and creases. read more
Publisher: State of New Mexico
Date Published: 1960
Description: NEAR FINE CONDITION, has small neat “ 1960” subtly placed on the front cover, clean, just a hint of shelfwear; 40-page illustrated magazine / journal (no ads), Great cover photo of MAN FROM COCHITI. ISSN 00286249, Conrad Hilton, born San Antonio NM (3 photos, Hilton NM legislator), Bill Maudlin Cartoonist ( 6 pp, wrote article The Year of the Cowboy, illus. with his cartoons and his childhood home photo in Mountain Park Cloudcroft area, photos of him & bio), LUCIEN BONAPARTE MAXWELL ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Morning Star Gallery, 1991
Description: Softcover. New, 1991, 64 p., 94 color illus., 28 x 23 cm. Catalogue of American Indian artifacts, including Navajo blankets (mostly 19th century), baskets, pottery, clothing, shields, masks, ledger drawings, and engravings by Bodmer. read more
Edition: Vol. L, No. 7
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Arizona Highway Department
Date Published: July 1974
Description: numerous color photographs. VG. Whole Issue. Special Edition. In pictorial wraps. 12 x 9", 48 pp., Contents: (1) Hopi Weaving by Jerry Jacka (2) Native American Tapestries of the Navajo by Carl Dentzel (3) Principal Navajo. Weaving Districts (4) Three Centuries of Navajo Waeving by Joe Ben Wheat (5) Weaving...Alive and Well by Keith Leafdale. Also included are color illustrations of weaving styles from: Pine Springs/ Burnt Water; Wide Ruin; Two Grey Hills; Yei rugs & blankets; Yei-Bichai ... read more
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Language of the Robe: American Indian Trade Blankets
