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Feather Arts: Beauty, Wealth and Spirit from Five Continents
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 091486808X
- ISBN 13
- 9780914868088
- Seller
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Newton, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1980. From an Exhibit at the Field Museum of Natural History in 1979 - 1980 Both the catalogue and exhibit were designed by Clifford Abrams Book: 4to size trade paperback with illustrated cover; 88 heavyweight glossy pages with color and black and white illustrations and photographs From introduction: "Featherwork is a art which has been practices in all parts of the globe for thousands of years... "Creative peoples have developed many techniques for working in feathers, emphasizing particular qualities inherent in the medium, and producing a surprising variety of effects - from lustrous, iridescent, and gem-like to dark, mysterious, almost sinister. Aside from providing a visual feast, featherwork also has a rich component of cultural meaning." Book has edgewear and a one tear tear to exterior spine Rare Brochure: 7x7 color photo illustrated brochure with three-panel foldout. The cover matches the cover from the Exhibit Book. It explains the exhibit and also the museum's policies. Edgewear and light creasing to top of brochure. . 2nd. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Private Press.
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- Bookseller
- Charity Bookstall
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006908
- Title
- Feather Arts: Beauty, Wealth and Spirit from Five Continents
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 2nd
- ISBN 10
- 091486808X
- ISBN 13
- 9780914868088
- Publisher
- Field Museum of Natural History
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1980
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- Art; Artists; Artwork; Features; Exhibition; Museum; Catalogue; Field Museum; Natural History;Emphemera; Brochure;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art; Ephemera; Native and Indigenous Peoples; Catalogues;
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