Totems to turquoise : Native North American jewelry arts of the Northwest and Southwest

Book

Totems to turquoise : Native North American jewelry arts of the Northwest and Southwest / Kari Chalker, general editor ; Lois S. Dubin and Peter M. Whiteley, contributing editors ; with essays by Kari Chalker ... [et al.] ; principal photography by Kiyoshi Togashi.

Chalker, Kari. (Added Author). Dubin, Lois Sherr. (Added Author). Whiteley, Peter M. (Added Author). American Museum of Natural History. (Added Author).

Summary:

Totems to Turquoise: Native North American Jewelry Arts of the Northwest and Southwest celebrates the timeless beauty and power of the jewelry of the American Southwest and Northwest Coast, two regions with distinguished traditions of visual creation whose contemporary artists continue to work in the best of those traditions while expanding upon them to make jewelry an art form expressive of individual vision and creativity." "Lavishly illustrated, both with historical photographs and a wealth of new photography commissioned for this publication, Totems to Turquoise: Native North American Jewelry Arts of the Northwest and Southwest will be an important resource for students, scholars, designers, and indeed for anyone who loves beautiful and well-made objects.

Record details

ISBN: 0810955938
ISBN: 9780810955936
Physical Description: 223 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps, portraits (chiefly color) ; 29 cm.
Publisher: New York : Harry N. Abrams : 2004.

Content descriptions

General Note:: Catalog of the exhibition held at the American Museum of Natural History, Oct. 30, 2004- July 10, 2005.
Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (p. 213) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Curators' introduction : jewelry as a visual language / Lois S. Dubin and Peter M. Whiteley -- Collecting is an incurable disease / Martha Albrecht -- Abundant world of water and wood : the northwest coast / Kari Chalker -- The body transformed : body art and adornment among prehistoric and historic northwest coast people / Martine Reid -- Northwest coast masters -- Northwest coast contemporary artists -- Dancing for rain under a turquoise sky : the southwest / Kari Chalker -- The southwest "painterly" style and its cultural context / Peter M. Whiteley -- Southwest masters -- Southwest contemporary artists.