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Southwestern Indian Rings
Paula A. Baxter
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Description for Southwestern Indian Rings
Hardcover. Num Pages: 160 pages, 359 color photos. BIC Classification: 1FKA; WCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 282 x 225 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1112.
With a fascinating variety of American Indian rings from the southwestern United States shown in more than 350 color photos, this book provides a design history of these rings, beginning with pre-contact artifacts and continuing through to contemporary artistic innovations. The text surveys key developments in Native American ring design; materials and methods of construction; definitions for historical and vintage rings; master innovators; and the transition from craft to wearable art since 1980. Shortly after the Civil War, Native American artisans began making silver rings set with turquoise, coral, jet, mother-of-pearl, and colored shell, adding lapis, malachite, onyx, and petrified ... Read more
With a fascinating variety of American Indian rings from the southwestern United States shown in more than 350 color photos, this book provides a design history of these rings, beginning with pre-contact artifacts and continuing through to contemporary artistic innovations. The text surveys key developments in Native American ring design; materials and methods of construction; definitions for historical and vintage rings; master innovators; and the transition from craft to wearable art since 1980. Shortly after the Civil War, Native American artisans began making silver rings set with turquoise, coral, jet, mother-of-pearl, and colored shell, adding lapis, malachite, onyx, and petrified ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764338755
SKU
V9780764338755
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About Paula A. Baxter
Paula A. Baxter is a professor of humanities at Berkeley College. She is the author of books and articles on American Indian arts and design. She collaborated on this book with her husband, Barry Katzen, whose photographs reflect his experience creating landscape and art imagery.
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