North American Indian Jewelry and Adornment: From Prehistory to the Present

Description

Author: Dubin, Lois Sherr  (1938-)

Publisher: Abrams

Pub Date: 1999

Binding: Hardcover

Condition:  Book: Fair to Good.  Binding tight (and that’s saying a lot).  No marks, tears, bends or folds.  Very light edge and corner wear.  Dust Jacket: NOT price clipped.  Upper rear cover corner at flap has an approx. 1/16″ chip.  Includes one fold-out.  Slight edge and corner wear.

Notes: Arranged by area rather than by tribe.  From footwear to masks, jewelry, clothing, beadwork, ritual objects, prehistoric through modern.  Dubin argues “…today’s silversmiths and beadworkers have taken over from the traditional Native American shaman.  Once, the shamans communicated spirituality through dance, music, and sacred imagery.  Today, the spirit of the shaman carries on through the hands and mind of Indian artists.”  (From the Foreword).  Lots of color and black-and-white photographs.  Big, thick, heavy doorstop of a book.