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Silver Horn: Master Illustrator of the Kiowas
by Candace S. Greene
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good +
- ISBN 10
- 0806133074
- ISBN 13
- 9780806133072
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2001 University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK. 2001. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; two small splash dots on textblock fore edge. DJ: Very Good +; light bumping to tail; superficial scratches to panels. Black cloth boards and spine with bright silver lettering on the spine.Yellow endpapers. 308 pp 8vo oblong. Silver Thorn was a Kiowa artist from the early reservation period and probably was the most prolific Plains Indian artist of all time. His Indian name was Haungooah and he worked in graphite, colored pencil, crayon, pen and ink, and water color on hide, muslin, and paper producing over 1000 illustrations between 1870 and 1920. His was an unparalleled visual record of Kiowa culture, from traditional images of warfare and coup counting, to depictions of the sun dance, early Peyote religion, and domestic daily life. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016902
- Title
- Silver Horn: Master Illustrator of the Kiowas
- Author
- Candace S. Greene
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0806133074
- ISBN 13
- 9780806133072
- Publisher
- University of Oklahoma Press
- Place of Publication
- Norman, OK
- Date Published
- 2001
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Kiowa Indians, Silver Horn, Indian artists, Haungooah, Kiowa Reservation, Kiowa culture, Kiowa artwork, anthropology,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art/Music/Motion Pictures/Television;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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