The Arts of the North American Indian; Native Traditions in Evolution

New York, NY: Hudson Hills Press, 1986 Hudson Hills Press, New York. 1986. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for F/O name on the front wrap verso. Book Condition: Very Good; light edge bumping; rubbing to wraps. No DJ. Pictorial heavy card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 324 pp 4to. In association with the Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, OK. In this book Fourteen authors, including many of the most distinguished American, Canadian, and European authorities in the field, explore the aesthetic phenomena of Native American art.The range of their investigation, which includes sociological, anthropological, and art-historical viewpoints, covers a period of more than three thousand years and more than sixty tribes, representing all the major culture areas: Alaskan, Eskimo, Subarctic, Northwest Coast, Plateau, Plains, Great Basin, Southwest, Eastern Woodlands, and Southeast. Hundreds of objects are reproduced-along with much rare documentary material, including photographs of the artists and ceremonies-in 67 colorplates and 211 halftone illustrations. The art ranges from the traditional to the avant garde, and includes ledger drawings, paintings, pottery, blankets, beadwork, carvings, moccasins, jewelry, masks, basketry, and more. A clean very presentable copy. Due to size/weight, no international shipping.