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Detail of dust wrapper - THE ESKIMOS AND ALEUTS (dumond1p 150/216)
Dumond, Don E. THE ESKIMOS AND ALEUTS. From Aleutian Islands to Greenland. Ancient Peoples and Places Series. BNo. 0-500-02089-2. First Edition, 1977. Pp: 180; 240mm x 155mm; 0.60kg. 112 b/w & fig, 7 maps. Preface, selected bibliography, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Thames and Hudson, London, 1977. (The author outlines the cultural diversity of the Eskimo-Aleuts and answers the questions about their arrival in the New World) (Keywords: Ethnology, North America, Tundra, Kodiak, Dorset Tradition, Norton, Thule, Alaska).
Book Code: F056 AU$24
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Detail of wrap - OBJECTS OF MYTH AND MEMORY (fane01p 170/232 FANE01)
Fane, Jackins & Breen. OBJECTS OF MYTH AND MEMORY. American Indian Art at The Brooklyn Museum. BNo. 0-87273-122-7. First Edition, 1991 (pb). Pp: 320; 295mm x 220mm; 1.42kg. 89 col, 229 b/w, 73 b/w & fig, 4 maps. Foreword, preface and acknowledgments, notes, references cited, index, credits. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. The Brooklyn Museum, University of Washington Press, Washington, 1991. (This catalogue was produced to accompany the exhibition of the same name. 318 objects from the museum's collection are illustrated. The pieces are grouped into the following catalogues: the Southwest, California, the Northwest Coast, and the Osage of Oklahoma) (Keywords: Ethnology, Anazasi, Navajo, Zuni, Pomo, Maidu, Tlingit, Nootka, Haida, Osage).
Book Code: H334 AU$55
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Detail of dust wrapper - AMERICAN INDIAN ART (feder4p 150/206)
Feder, Norman. AMERICAN INDIAN ART (rv ed). Indian cultures in North America. (New Shorter Edition). BNo. 73-4857. Revised Edition, 1973 (pb). Pp: 156; 300mm x 220mm; 0.64kg. 180 col & b/w, 1 map. Acknowledgments, introduction, notes, bibliography. A good paperback copy. Wrp: g. Harry N. Abrams, Inc, Publishers, New York, 1973. (After an introduction to Indian art each of the main culture areas of North America are discussed in detail and illustrated with examples) (Keywords: Ethnology, The Plains, Southern Athabascans, Rancheria tribes, Crow, Nez Perce, Zuni, Hopi, Pomo, Tsimshian, Kwakiutl, Aleut, Winnebago, Ojibwa).
Book Code: G050 AU$35
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Feest, Christian F. NATIVE ARTS OF NORTH AMERICA. History, techniques and style. BNo. 0-500-20262-1. Reprinted edition, 1992 (pb). Pp: 216; 210mm x 150mm; 0.50kg. 20 col, 173 b/w, 2 maps. Introduction, epilogue, bibliography, index. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Thames and Hudson Ltd, London, 1992. (Classifying surviving works by material and technique, the author covers about a thousand tribes of the native North American peoples. The works described and illustrated are outstanding examples, and range from an Arapaho Ghost Dance dress to Buffalo Meat's self-portrait, from Seminole applique work of the 1890s toa Tlingit spoon carved from mountain goat horn) (Keywords: Material culture, North America, Indian, Swaixwe, Coast Salish, Haida, Santee Dakota, Cree, Naskapi, Navajo).
Book Code: P132 AU$14
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Fleming, Paula Richardson and Judith Luskey. GRAND ENDEAVORS OF AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY. Masterworks to document the lives of the first Americans. BNo. 1-56098-297-7. First Edition, 1993. Pp: 176; 305mm x 235mm; 1.22kg. 129 b/w & fig, 1 map. Acknowledgments, introduction, footnotes, credits, bibliography, index. A very good in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 1993. (This presents the masterworks of photographers who, about the turn of the century, were inspired to document the lives of the first Americans. It includes some of the works of Roland W. Reed and Edward S. Curtis) (Keywords: Ethnology, Pueblo, Navaho, Apache, Crow, Mohave, Cheyenne, Ojibway, Kiowa, Blackfeet).
Book Code: M908 AU$60
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Detail of dust wrapper - THE WORLD OF THE CROW INDIANS (frey1p 150/221)
Frey, Rodney. THE WORLD OF THE CROW INDIANS. As Driftwood Lodges. BNo. 0-8061-2076-2. First Edition, 1987. Pp: xxiv, 194; 210mm x 140mm; 0.50kg. 39 b/w & fig, 2 maps. Preface, acknowledgments, appendix, pronunciation key and glossary, bibliography, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 1967. (The author discusses the Crow tribal history and describes the current reservation life revealing how the Apsaalooke are adapting to a changing world) (Keywords: Ethnology, North America, Montana).
Book Code: E306 AU$18
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