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Primitive Art by Franz Boas Publisher Comments This profoundly influential 1927 study analyzes the fundamental traits of primitive art, examining the symbolism and style of objects and of literature, music, and dance. Features more than 323 photographs, drawings, and diagrams of totem poles, baskets,... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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Contemporary Native American Artists by Ken Lingad Publisher Comments Contemporary Nati ve American artists have a strong presence in the North American and international art markets. This talented group's work can be found in many annual events, an ever-changing array of fine art galleries, and a number of museums... (read more) Your price: $50.00 New - Hardcover
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Designs on Prehistoric Hopi Pottery by Jesse Walter Fewkes Publisher Comments One of richest sources of pre-Columbian design from Sikyatki site: on vases, bowls, plates. Hundreds catalogued and analyzed: birds, animals, clouds, lightning, demon motifs. Source of rich, powerful designs. 564 illustrations, interpretative text.... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Native North American Art (Oxford History of Art) by Janet C Berlo Publisher Comments This exciting investigation explores the indigenous arts of the US and Canada from the early pre-contact period to the present day, stressing the conceptual and iconographic continuities over five centuries and across an immensely diverse range of... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Objects of Exchange: Social and Material Transformation on the Late Nineteenth-Century Northwest Coast by Aaron Glass Publisher Comments The late nineteenth century was a period of rapid colonization and dramatic change for the indigenous peoples of the Northwest Coast of America. Objects of Exchange approaches the material culture of the period as visual evidence of shifting... (read more) Your price: $40.00 New - Trade Paper
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Northwest Coast Indian Art (Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State M) by Bill Holm Publisher Comments "NORTHWEST COAST INDIAN ART is a very beautiful book and it is also an important contribution to the fields of art and anthropology, Its most distinguished feature is the author's sensitive yet scientific approach in coming firmly to grips with elements... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Fritz Scholder: Indian/Not Indian by Lowery (edt) Stokes Sims Synopsis Now available again, this stunning volume examines the life and work of Fritz Scholder, the most influential, successful, and controversial Native American artist of the twentieth century.... (read more) Your price: $49.95 New - Hardcover
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American Indian Design & Decoration (Dover Pictorial Archives) by Leroy H Appleton Publisher Comments Full text, plus more than 700 precise drawings of basketry, sculpture, painting, pottery, sand paintings, metal, much more. 4 plates in color. Text gives lore and tradition behind the designs plus Indians' own songs and stories. "A smashingly handsome... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Sacred Images: A Vision of Native American Rock Art by Leslie Kelen Publisher Comments Sacred images: A Vision of Native American Rock Art brings together the talents of four Utah wilderness photographers and the storytelling skills of its indigenous peoples to present the visionary power of Utah rock art. Photographers Craig Law... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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Native Arts of North America by David W Penney Synopsis A comprehensive survey of Native American Arts and Crafts, with an authoritative text. Includes dress, pottery, basket-making, painting, sculpture, etc.... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $8.48 Used - Trade Paper
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Kesu': The Art and Life of Doug Cranmer by Jennifer Kramer Publisher Comments Northwest Coast Kwakwaka'wakw art is renowned for its flamboyant, energetic, and colorful carving and painting. Among the best-known practitioners was Doug Cranmer, whose style was understated, elegant, fresh, and unique and whose work quickly found an... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $24.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Arts of the North American Indian by Edwin L Wade Publisher Comments Includes essays and full color photos of the dress, lives, and traditions of the Native American Indians.... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Shared Visions: Native American Painters and Sculptors in the Twentieth Century by Margaret Archuleta Publisher Comments Art from more than seventy Native American artists whose work draws on European American and Native American traditions.... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Living Art Designs and Crafts of the Otomi of San Pablo by Kerin Gould Synopsis Nestled in the steep hills of Mexico's Sierra Madre lies a remote village. Farming opportunities are scant, and many villagers rely on traditional crafts for income. Women create whimsical embroidery and beadwork inspired by Otom legends, while men carve... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $12.50 Sale - Hardcover
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Zuni Fetishes by Frank H Cushing Publisher Comments Combines Cushing's original Zuni Fetishes with beautiful color photos, illustrations and detailed descriptions in this new and convenient two-in-one book.... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Child of the Fire: Mary Edmonia Lewis and the Problem of Art History's Black and Indian Subject by Kirsten Buick Publisher Comments Child of the Fire is the first book-length examination of the career of the nineteenth-century artist Mary Edmonia Lewis, best known for her sculptures inspired by historical and biblical themes. Throughout this richly illustrated study, Kirsten Pai... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $23.08 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Enduring traditions :art of the Navajo by Lois Essary Jacka Publisher Comments By the author-photographer team that created the award-winning Beyond Tradition, Enduring Traditions documents the words and work of 194 Navajo artists.... (read more) List Price $55.00 Your price: $13.95 Used - Hardcover
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Native America Collected: The Culture of an Art World by Margaret D Dubin Publisher Comments Examines the ideas and interactions involved in contemporary collecting, in particular, to understand how marketplace demands have homogenized Western perceptions of 'authentic' Native American art.... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Powerful Images Portrayals of Native Ame by Sara Boeme Book News Annotation Published to accompany the traveling exhibition of the same title which began in 1998. The author uses color and b&w illustrations of paintings, sculptures, traditional Native arts, and popular culture objects to look at the ways in which Indians have... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Zuni Fetishes and Carvings by Kent Mcmanis Publisher Comments Fetishes are some of the most popular Native American art in North America. Noted Native American art dealer Kent McManis presents two major types of traditional fetishes, describes the materials that Zuni artists carve today, and introduces many skilled... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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