Arts of diplomacy : Lewis and Clark's Indian collection

Summary: Demonstrates that Native Americans were participants in the Lewis and Clark Expedition through their selection and use of objects for trade and gifts to the expedition. This collection of Indian artifacts is now a part of a collection at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University. Includes over 100 color and black-and-white images of the artifacts.

Record details

ISBN: 9780873658447
ISBN: 0873658434
ISBN: 9780873658430
ISBN: 0873658442
ISBN: 9780873658447
ISBN: 0295983604
ISBN: 9780295983608
ISBN: 0295983612
ISBN: 9780295983615
Physical Description: print
regular print
xxiii, 359 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University ; Seattle : University of Washington Press, ©2003.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-339) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The names of the nations / James P. Ronda -- Discovering Lewis and Clark's Indian collection -- Part I: The life history of a collection -- 1. The Lewis and Clark expedition: An American quest for commerce and science -- The fabric of empire -- 2. Up the Missouri: patterns of diplomacy and exchange -- Glass beads -- From time immemorial: The Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara people / Mike Cross -- 3. Selections: The making of a collection -- 4. Into the museum: From gifts to artifacts -- Part II: The Peabody museum objects -- 5. From warriors and women traders: Objects collected by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark -- Jo Esther Parshall, quillwork artist -- The raven belt ornaments of Lewis and Clark / Gaylord Torrence -- 6. The army moves west: The curious collection of Lieutenant George C. Hutter -- Missouri melodies: Flute player Keith Bear -- 7. Enigmatic icons: Objects probably collected by Lewis and Clark or by Lieutenant Hutter -- Butch thunder hawk, painter -- 8. The language of pipes -- Identifying feathers -- Identifying wood -- Silk ribbons -- 9. Grizzly claws, garters, and fashionable hats: other possible expedition objects -- A wasco weaver meets her ancestors through Lewis and Clark / Pat Courtney Gold -- Cedar: The tree of life -- The Peabody--Monticello native arts project.