NAVAJO TEXTILE ARTS
Santa Fe: Laboratory of Anthropology, 1947; Salt Lake City 1975. 140 pages, 110 illustrations. Coth cover with dust jacket. Very fine condition. More
Santa Fe: Laboratory of Anthropology, 1947; Salt Lake City 1975. 140 pages, 110 illustrations. Coth cover with dust jacket. Very fine condition. More
Ottignies: 1985. 216 pages, 60 color and 153 b/w photographs, 1 fold-out map. Cloth cover. The illustrated objects, few of which have been previously published, are drawn from among the most important museum and private collections in the world. More
New York: 1991. (two volumes). Vol. I: xviii, 790 pages. Vol. II: xviii, Pp 791-1506. Cloth covers. The finest and most comprehensive bibliography published to date on this topic, this essential two-volume set (only 350 were printed) contains 8363 annotated entries. The two indices--by culture and by subject--make this the..... More
Stuttgart: Strecker und Schrader, 1926. xxii, 876pages; 56 full-page photographs, 1441 smaller photographs and drawings (illustrations of hundreds of artifacts from the Bismarck Archipelago and the Solomon Islands), 4 double-page maps. Cloth cover, illustration inserted on front cover. Good condition. More
Iowa City: 1991. 445 pages, 247 figures. Cloth cover. The first interdisciplinary collection of current research results on the 900-year-long Paracas textile tradition of Peru's south coast. This volume contains eight essays by eminent scholars. Examining the iconography, imagery, and fiber content of the textiles, the eight papers bring new..... More
Paris: 1998. 205 pages, 245 large color photographs--almost all of molas, 16 small color photographs, 12 b/w photographs, 22 drawings, 1 map. Cloth cover (111/2" X 11 1/4"). More
Paris: Musee National des Arts d'Afrique et de Oceanie, 1993. 223 pages, 25 color and 112 b/w photographs, 2 drawings. Mint condition. The legacy of medical missionary (also ethnologist and art historian) Dr. Pierre Harter, was exhibited in 1993 at the Musee National des Arts d'Afrique et d'Oceanie in Paris..... More
New York: 1977 . 1978. (1st edition, 2nd printing). 300 pages, 195 color and 139 b/w photographs. Cloth cover. More
CARNEGIE INSTITUTION, Publication 558: 1946. 140 pages, 87 illustrations, 1 map. Cloth and 3/4 hard board cover, folio size (15 1/2"x 12"). More
1st ed., 2nd printing. xviii, 222 pages, 15 pages of photographs, 35 figures. Woven linen cover. More
Hobart, n.d. ca. 1960. xx, 226 pages, ciii pages of text containing approximately 25 drawings, plus 37 leaves of photographs and drawings.Reprint of 2nd ed., revised and enlarged. Cloth cover. More
Graz: 1994. 236 pages, 32 pages of color and 24 pages of b/w photographs--principally of shamans, rituals, and the traditional regalia, masks, and other artifacts used in those rites by shamans in Ladakh. Cloth cover. More
Stanford: 1991. xix, 325 pages of text containing 14 maps, plus 26 unnumbered pages of photographs. Cloth cover. More
London: 1899. viii, 552 pages, stain on the upper right hand corner of most pages, 84 illustrations. Cloth cover. More
New York: 1976. 272 pages, 169 b/w and 23 color photographs. Cloth cover. More
Travaux et Memoires de L'Institut D'Ethnologie, XXVI. Paris: 1937. xvi, 571 pages of text containing 22 figures, plus 17 leaves of photographs and 10 leaves of maps. Cloth cover. In 1937 Jaques Soustelle wrote his ethnographic linguistic treatise on the Otomi of Central Mexico, the most comprehensive study done of..... More
PEABODY MUSEUM, Memoirs, Vol. VI, 1913. 285 pages of text containing 286 figures, plus 29 pages of photographs, 1 fold-out map. More
Boston: 1992. 271 pages, 91--mostly full-page--color photographs, 390 b/w photographs, 23 drawings, 2 maps. Cloth cover. Documenting more than 300 superb pre-Columbian and Colonial Andean textiles in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, this wonderful catalogue presents the collection (exhibited in 1992, for the first time) that..... More
London: 1905. xvi, 561 pages, 22 pages of photographs and drawings, 1 fold-out color map. Cloth cover, worn. More
Paris: 1993. 144 pages, 37 full-page and 39 smaller color photographs plus 3 b/w photographs--all of previously unpublished 17th and 18th century buffalo hides in the collection of the Musee de l'Homme. More
Buenos Aires: 1938. xxxi, 367 pages, 597 b/w and color photographs, 2 maps. Hard board cover, with dust jacket; inner hinges reinforced. Small folio size (9 1/2" x 12 1/2"). Edition limited to 1000 numbered copies. More
London: 1925. xiii, 261 pages of text containing 1 map, plus 16 leaves of photographs. Cloth cover. More
New York: 1980. 176 pages, 123 b/w photographs, 53 color photographs--almost all full-page. Cloth cover. The traditional art of Nigeria--in bronze, terracotta, and ivory--spanning over 2,000 years and representing seven cultures, visited three major U.S. museums in 1980 and 1981. This stunning volume--with a text by two leading authorities on..... More
St. Louis Art Museum: 1999. 88 pages, 42 full-page and 9 smaller color photographs and 6 b/w photographs, 1 map. The dazzling 19th century Saltillo sarape, the must recognizable element of male dress in Mexico, is discussed, analyzed, and presented-- in lustrous color photographs--in this catalogue of one of the..... More
Norman: 1991. XVII, 196 pages, 108 color and 28 b/w photographs. Cloth cover. A volume of great importance, this is the first systematic study of the late 19th century Hispanic religious images, or santos, made in New Mexico and Colorado for the Brotherhood of Our Father Jesus Nazarene (Penitentes). In..... More