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Uncommon legacies : Native American art from the Peabody Essex Museum / John B. Grimes, Christian F. Feest, Mary Lou Curran ; foreword by Dan L. Monroe ; preface by Richard W. Hill, Sr. ; additional contributions by Thomas "Red Owl" Haukaas [and others].

Summary:

Overview of the exhibition Uncommon legacies: Native American art from the Peabody Essex Museum, which focuses on objects collected before 1860 by maritime merchants, explorers, soldiers and missionaries.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0295982403
  • ISBN: 9780295982403
  • ISBN: 1885444230
  • ISBN: 9781885444233
  • Physical Description: 272 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm
  • Publisher: New York : American Federation of Arts in association with University of Washington Press, 2002.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Published in conjunction with an exhibition organized by the American Federation of Arts and the Peabody Essex Museum and held at the Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif. and four other institutions between May 10, 2002 and Jan. 25, 2004.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Curiosity, cabinets, and knowledge--A perspective on the native American collection of the Peabody Essex museum / John R. Grimes -- Collectors, collections, and collectibles: early Native American collections in Europe and North America / Christian F. Feest -- Salem and Native America: toward a dialogical perspective / Mary Lou Curran and John R. Grimes -- Museums, dialogue, and contemporary Indian artists / Thomas "red owl' Haukaas -- Catalogue: Early pieces from North and South America in European collections -- Peabody Essex museum collection -- Nations within -- Art of the American Southeast / Duane H. King -- Pacific coast traders -- The Northwest coast / Doreen Jensen -- The interior wilderness: outposts, explorers, and sojourners -- Art of the Northeast woodlands and great lakes / Richard W. Hill, Sr. -- The interior wilderness: missionaries -- Notes on a plains aesthetic / Gerald McMaster -- South American adventurers -- Indigenous art of South America / Ramiro Matos.
Subject:
Indian art > North America > Exhibitions.
Indian art > Exhibitions.
Peabody Essex Museum > Exhibitions.
Peabody Essex Museum.
Indian art.
North America.
Genre:
Exhibition catalogs.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at Northwest Indian College.

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Lummi Library E 98 .A7 E9 G75 2002 262094 Oversize Available -
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