"A superbly readable piece of cultural history. . . . Downs proves that graphics and narrative can be intertwined in an entertaining and informative historical presentation. . . . Delightful and intellectually enriching."-- Southern Historian "Excellent. . . . Well-documented with both historical and anthropological sources, this is the best work to appear on a significant cultural characteristic of the Seminoles in quite some time. An excellent addition to the growing literature on the Seminole and Miccosukee tribes."-- ...
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"A superbly readable piece of cultural history. . . . Downs proves that graphics and narrative can be intertwined in an entertaining and informative historical presentation. . . . Delightful and intellectually enriching."-- Southern Historian "Excellent. . . . Well-documented with both historical and anthropological sources, this is the best work to appear on a significant cultural characteristic of the Seminoles in quite some time. An excellent addition to the growing literature on the Seminole and Miccosukee tribes."-- Tampa Tribune "Unfolds the meaning of Seminole-Miccosukee arts as metaphor for the people of the Everglades."--Joyce Herold, Denver Museum of Natural History The artistic tradition that in the past sustained Florida Indians helps identify them today as possessing a resilient, modern culture. In this richly illustrated account of the arts and crafts of the Florida Seminole and Miccosukee Indians, Dorothy Downs shows how artistic expression reflects and inspires history. Emphasizing the influence of drastic cultural changes on their artistic traditions, Downs traces Seminole and Miccosukee art from the eighteenth century to the present and demonstrates both the persistence of some prehistoric southeastern Indian designs and the impact of contact with Europeans. In addition to clothing and finger-woven or bead-embroidered accessories, their arts and crafts--most often practiced by women--include pottery, basketry, and doll making. Their most powerful artistic expression is found in the colorful and intricate patchwork patterns that have become their twentieth-century signature. Incorporating color and black-and-white photographs of these remarkable art pieces, Downs also details the "men's work" of silver and wood crafts and chickee building in a volume sure to interest scholars and the general public alike.
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Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 9x6x0; The binding is tight, corners sharp. Intermittent underlining and notations in pencil. The dust jacket shows some light handling, in a mylar cover. 8vo. 301pp. A suitable reading copy.
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VG+ Wrappers. Blue rear cover with photograph, blue spine, blue front cover with artwork are all clean, bright, and glossy. Book has very light rubbing at the head and tail of the spine and a trace of rubbing all around the outside edges of the covers. Binding is straight and tight. Pages are all clean, white, and crisp. Illustrations, photographs and a map, as well as a section of color photographs. 301 pages.
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Very Good. Size: 6x1x9; signed and inscribed by author, hardcover with dust jacket, tight, pages clear and bright, shelf and edge wear, corners bumped, dust jacket flap creased, packaged in cardboard box for shipment, tracking on U.S. orders.
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Very Good. University Press of Florida, 1997. Tight and clean, covers lightly rubbed. 301pp. Illustrations throughout. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo-8"-9" Tall.
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Very good(+) in very good(+) jacket. Illustrated with b/w and some color photos. 301 pages. 8vo, red cloth, d.w. Gainesville: University of Florida, (1995). A very good(+) copy with light foxing to outer edges; in a very good(+) wrapper, slight residue to rear cover.
