AFRICAN ARTS MAGAZINE: A Quarterly Journal, Vol. 19, #2
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THE AMERICAN INDIAN, THE AMERICAN FLAG
Flint: 1975. 152 pages. 181 b/w and 28 color photographs. This catalogue is from a fascinating exhibit that traveled to five museums. Assembled from over ninety museum and private collections, the two hundred objects illustrated all have an American flag as part of their design motifs, and include virtually every... More
BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY, 43rd ANNUAL REPORT, 1925-1926
Washington, D.C: 1928. vii, 828, 44 plates, 9 figures. includes: The Osage Tribe: Two Versions of the Child-naming Rite; Native Tribes and Dialects of Connecticut: A Mohegan-Pequot Diary; Picuris Children's Stories, with Texts and Songs and Iroquoian Cosmology. Part II. More
Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin No. 008, 1889. THE PROBLEM OF THE OHIO MOUNDS
C. Thomas. 54 pages, 8 figures. More
Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin No. 037, 1910. ANTIQUITIES OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI
Fowke, G. vii, 116 pp, 19 plates, 20 larger figures. Cloth cover. More
Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin No. 057, 1915. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF MAYA HIEROGLYPHS
S. Morley. xiv, 284 pages of text containing 85 figures, plus 32 leaves of photographs. Cloth cover. More
Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin No. 060, 1919. HANDBOOK OF ABORIGINAL AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES. Part I, Introductory. The Lithic Industries
Holmes, W.H. 397 pages. 223 illustrations. Cloth cover. More
Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin No. 086, 1929. CHIPPEWA CUSTOMS
Densmore, F. 216 pages, 90 plates, 27 figures. More
Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin No. 139, 1943. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CERAMICS OF TRES ZAPOTES, VERACRUZ, MEXICO
Weiant, W.C. 158 pages, 78 plates, 54 figures. More
Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin No. 199, 1967. THE ETHNOARCHEOLOGY OF CROW VILLAGE, ALASKA
Oswalt, W.H., Van Stone, J.W. 136 pages, 16 plates, 7 figures, 1 map. More
A COLLECTION OF THE KAZAK FOLK ART DESIGNS
Urumgi: 1979. 204 pages (text in English and Chinese), 184 pages of color illustrations of the rich color designs found on the rugs, blankets, clothing, saddles, and jewelry, as well as metal and wooden utensils and tools, of the Kazak people of west China. Cloth cover. The Kazak people of... More
JOURNAL OF THE POLYNESIAN SOCIETY. The spine reads: Vol. 33-37
This thick volume contains approximately 55-65 offprints (525-550 pages?) from Volumes 33-37 (1924-1928). Bound in later green cloth binding with red and gilt spine. The condition is very good+fine. More
LUBA HEMBA
New York: Rolin Gallery, 1979. 32 pages, 38 photographs. This catalogue of the first gallery exhibtion in the U.S. devoted to Luba Hemna, features several major ancestor figures . In addition there are: masks, staffs, small figures, stools, and cup-bearers. Excellent photographs of representative examples. More
RESEARCH IN MELANESIA. Vols. 11/12, 1987 & 1988
Boroko: University of Papua New Guinea. iii, 72 pages. More
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ANNUAL REPORTS. 21st ANNUAL REPORT, Vol. 4--Hydrography
(U.S.Department of the Interior). Washington, D.C. 1900. Has black and gold cloth cover and is in good--very good condition. 768 pages, 67 pages of maps and photographs, 271 figures, color map in pocket. More
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ANNUAL REPORTS. 22nd ANNUAL REPORT, Part II--Ore Deposits
(U.S.Department of the Interior). Washington, D.C. 1902. Has brown and gold cloth cover and is in good--very good condition. 888 pages, 82 plates, 130 figures, fold-out map in pocket. More
TRADITIONAL BHUTANESE TEXTILES.
Bangkok: 1984, 1986. (2nd printing). 154 pages, 194 color photographs, 2 b/w photographs. A mini visual-encyclopedia of traditional Bhutanese textile styles and types, this handsome work illustrates over 200 classic Bhutanese weavings. The text is slim, the photographs are rich, and a full descrition is provided for each illustrated textile... More
INDIAN CLOTHING BEFORE CORTES. Meso-American Costumes from the Codices
Norman: 1981. 256 pages, 193 b/w and 16 color illustrations, 23 charts. Cloth cover. In this volume, for the first time in any language, is a comprehensive description and analysis of the clothing of the people of pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica.The author has examined the indigenous pricture books of Middle America, the... More
ANCIENT ART OF THE ANDES
Museum of Modern Art: 1954. 187 pages, 202 b/w photographs--all large, many full-page and 6 full-page color photographs--of the art of pre-Inca Peru, the North Andean Highlands and Plains, and the Amazon jungle, 5 maps. Cloth cover. More
DIE NEUE GROSSE VOLKERKUNDE. Volker und Kulturen der Erde in Wort und Bild. (3 volumes)
Frankfurt: 1954. New edition. Vol. I: EUROPA. AFRIKA. xvi, 592 pages, plus 184 pages of photographs.Vol. II: AMERIKA. viii, 465 pages, plus 106 pages of photographs and 3 maps. Vol. III: ASIEN. AUSTRALIEN. xii, 495 pages, plus 148 pages of photographs and 23 maps. 3/4 board and leather covers. This... More
AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL ART
New York and London: 1964. xiii, 117 pages of text containing 9 figures and 1 map, plus 73 leaves of color photographs. Cloth cover, decorated endpapers. More
MOSETENO VOCABULARY AND TREATISES
Evanston: 1917. From an unpublished manuscript in possession of Northwestern University Library. cxii, 141 pages (some uncut). At the time of its publication, this was the most complete work on the language and vocabulary of this Bolivian Indian group. Cloth cover. More
LEGA CULTURE: Art. Initiation and Moral Philosophy Among a Central Africa People
Berkeley: 1973. 290 pages, 110 photographs. Cloth cover. More
THE ESKIMO OF BAFFIN LAND AND HUDSON BAY
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, Bulletin, Vol. XV, Part 1: 1901. 370 pages (some uncut). 172 drawings of artifacts, 3 full-page photographs. More
OCEANIAN ART.
Budapest: 1959. 200 pages (text is in English), 160 b/w and 10 color photographs--almost all full-page--of objects in the collection of the Ethnographical Museum of Budapest. Cloth cover. More