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Robes of splendor : Native American painted buffalo hides / with contributions by George P. Horse Capture et al. ; photographs of the hides by Daniel Ponsard.
This is the first U.S. publication of an extraordinary collection of native American art, unknown to contemporary American audiences. For centuries, ornamental robes made of buffalo hide were painted by artists of the various Indian nations. Brought back to the French kings in the eighteenth century, the robes represented here are now housed in the Musee de l'Homme in Paris, and together they make a stunning tribute to a bygone art form. These robes, spectacularly executed and perfectly conserved, offer an incomparable pictographic representation of early native American life. As George P. Horse Capture observes in his essay on the craft and history of buffalo hide painting, we see the largely symbolic, complex geometric patterns painted by women contrasted with the more realistic, narrative scenes painted by men, depicting battles and dances. Both kinds of design played an important role in native American society as messages for tribe members, as well as for their visitors, and both share a powerful visual appeal. With introductory and historical essays by three leading experts on native American art, a preface by W. Richard West, Jr., the director of the National Museum of the American Indian, and over a hundred photographs of the hides, this splendid volume is sure to be a treasure in any collection.
Record details
- ISBN: 1565841166
- ISBN: 9781565841161
- ISBN: 1565841174 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9781565841178 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: 143 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Publisher: New York : New Press : c1993.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Produced under the direction of Anne Vitart.
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 143).
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Preface / W. Richard West, Jr. -- Invitation to a Voyage / Michel Waldberg -- From Royal Cabinets to Museums : A Composite History / Anne Vitart -- From Museums to Indians : Native American Art in Context / George P. Horse Capture -- Gallery of Hides / George P. Horse Capture -- Epilogue / Anne Vitart.
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| Lummi Library | E 98 .A7 G73 R63 1993 | 021143 | Stacks | Available | - |
| Lummi Library | E 98 .A7 G73 R63 1993 | 244852 | Stacks | Available | - |
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