Native American art masterpieces

Summary: Native American art is the visual language of an extraordinary people, and its objects and images speak eloquently of a rich history and culture. Native American Art Masterpieces tells the story of that language, from its early origins in the Hopewell period that began in 200 B.C. through to modern-day America, with its powerful images by contemporary Native American artists like Jaune Quick-to-See-Smith and Margaret Tafoya. Forty-eight color reproductions, each.

Record details

ISBN: 0883634961
ISBN: 9780883634967
Physical Description: print
119 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm.
Publisher: [New York] : Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, Inc., c1996.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction: Reading the Signs -- Effigy of a Human Hand (Middle Woodland Period) -- Mask with Antlers (Mississippian Period) -- Kneeling Cat Effigy (Late Mississippian or Early Historic Period) -- Hunting Coat (Delaware or Shawnee) -- Ball-Head Club (Iroquois) -- Man's Leggings (Ojibwa) -- Picture of Chicken Dance (Ernest Spybuck) -- Square Hand Drum (Assiniboine or Yanktonai) -- Bull Lodge's War Shield (Gros Ventre) -- Pipe Bowl (Eastern Sioux) -- Split-Horn Bonnet with Trailer (Lakota, Western Sioux) -- Robe with War Exploits (Unknown Plains Tribe) -- Man's Shirt (Cheyenne) -- Woman's Dress (Southern Cheyenne) -- Traveling Bag (Nellie Gates) -- Indians Fighting White Men (Carl Sweezy) -- Beaded Moccasins with Traditional Floral Motif (Eva McAdams) -- Cache of Ritual Figures (Mimbres Culture) -- Black-on-White Bowl (Mimbres Culture) -- Water Jar (Zuni Pueblo) -- Shalako Kachina (Zuni Pueblo) -- Jar (Margaret Tafoya) -- The Emergence of the Clowns (Roxanne Swentzell) -- Serape-Style Wearing Blanket (Navajo) -- Sandpainting Weaving (Navajo) -- Burnt Water Rug (Victoria Keoni) -- Seven Ketohs (Navajo) -- Pendant, Bracelet, and Ring (Sonwai) -- Burden Basket (Evelyn Henry) -- Basketry Jar (Chumash) -- Feather Basket (Pomo) -- Dance Hat (Karok) -- Basket Bowl (Kate McKinney) -- Coiled Basket (Carrie Bethel) -- Ishi and Companion at Iamin Mool (Frank Day) -- Seated Human-Figure Bowl (Marpole Culture) -- Oil Dish (Quinault) -- Hamatsa Crooked Beak Mask (Willie Seaweed) -- Sun Mask (Bella Coola) -- Bent-Corner Chest (Bella Bella) -- Female Figure (Haida) -- Woman's Parka (Caribou Inuit) -- Indian Horse (Jaune Quick-to-See Smith) -- The Things Colonial Angels Witness (Gail Tremblay) -- The End of Innocences (George Longfish) -- Veteran (Ric Glazer-Danay) -- Feather Canoe (Truman Lowe) -- Letting Go: From Chaos to Calm (Kay WalkingStick).