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Come to know painting, silverwork, turqiouse, bead-work, pottery, baskets, Navajo sandpainting, fetishes, Hopi katsinas, and Navajo rugs. This 9" x 12" book is overflowing with beautiful photos and details for your enjoyment.
A guide to identifying the traditional craft objects and designs of the Indian tribes of the American Southwest, covering jewelry, pottery, basketry, weaving, and carving; with background information on the tribes and their cultural traditions, and advice on visiting tribes on their own lands.
A volume on identifying and collecting contemporary Indian artefacts, crafts and jewellery, this guide shows how to identify authentic crafts, how to recognise fraudulent work, and what to do if a fake item has been purchased.
Clearly rendered illustrations on 30 pages display authentic designs taken from rugs, masks, sandpaintings, pottery, jewelry, baskets, and other artifacts created by southwestern Native Americans. Geometrical designs on a Navajo woven saddlebag, a Chumash rock painting of mythical creatures, a Hopi kachina doll, an Apache "crown headdress," and more.
Treasury of 250 copyright-free images, drawn from authentic motifs on Hopi ceremonial dress, Zuni shields, Anasazi pottery, Navajo jewelry, rugs and sand paintings, Pueblo pottery, and many more. Clearly drawn in detail, easily reproducible, these motifs represent a highly useful resource for a myriad of art and craft projects.
Sixteen contemporary images based on authentic tribal designsStained glass designer Carol Krez has captured the beauty of Native American arts and crafts in this unique coloring book. With sixteen full-page designs, she re-creates stunning patterns found in Southwestern tribal artifacts such as sand paintings, textiles, and pottery, some dating back a thousand years. Motifs depict geometric and abstract designs, images of animals, human figures, and more. Color them with a variety of media, then place them in a window to simulate a glowing stained glass effect. Pages are perforated for easy removal.
The author has matched maker's marks used on jewelry, pots, fetish carvings, rugs, and baskets with their names, tribes, relatives, and style notes.
The Laboratory of Anthropology, the Museum of New Mexico's anthropological research unit, presents selections from its famed Southwest Indian art and artifacts collection. Essays by noted scholars in the field illuminate the change and continuity over two thousand years of Native American basketry, textiles, pottery, and jewelry, while developing the connections between prehistoric, historic, and contemporary trends and traditions.