This book examines a range of art forms produced by Indians in northeastern North American for sale to travelers and tourists during the 18th and 19th centuries. Images newly uncovered in archives and travel literature--including depictions of Native vendors and makers--illustrate the book, along with never-before-displayed or published objects from museum collections in Europe and North America. 209 illustrations, 38 in color. Map.
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This book examines a range of art forms produced by Indians in northeastern North American for sale to travelers and tourists during the 18th and 19th centuries. Images newly uncovered in archives and travel literature--including depictions of Native vendors and makers--illustrate the book, along with never-before-displayed or published objects from museum collections in Europe and North America. 209 illustrations, 38 in color. Map.
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Seller's Description:
Fine. 0295976489. Small quarto in wraps, very faint flare of cover, looks unread else FINE. "...one of the most important...of the decade in anthropology of art and art history of non-western art."; 4to 11"-13" tall.
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Near fine. Extensively illustrated. xvii + 334 pages, tall 8vo, stiff pictorial wrappers; a few small pencil marks on title and copyright pages. Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, (1998). A near fine copy.