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Totems to turquoise : Native North American jewelry arts of the Northwest and Southwest
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Totems to turquoise : Native North American jewelry arts of the Northwest and Southwest

Author: Kari Chalker; Lois Sherr Dubin; Peter M Whiteley; American Museum of Natural History.; et al
Publisher: New York : Harry N. Abrams : In Association with the American Museum of Natural History, 2004.
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"Totems to Turquoise: Native North American Jewelry Arts of the Northwest and Southwest celebrates the timeless beauty and power of the jewelry of the American Southwest and Northwest Coast, two regions with distinguished traditions of visual creation whose contemporary artists continue to work in the best of those traditions while expanding upon them to make jewelry an art form expressive of individual vision and  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Exhibitions
Expositions
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Totems to turquoise.
New York : Harry N. Abrams : In Association with the American Museum of Natural History, 2004
(OCoLC)682116134
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Kari Chalker; Lois Sherr Dubin; Peter M Whiteley; American Museum of Natural History.; et al
ISBN: 0810955938 9780810955936
OCLC Number: 54865497
Notes: Catalog of the exhibition held at the American Museum of Natural History, Oct. 30, 2004- July 10, 2005.
Description: 223 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps, ports. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.
Contents: Curators' introduction : jewelry as a visual language / Lois S. Dubin and Peter M. Whiteley --
Collecting is an incurable disease / Martha Albrecht --
Abundant world of water and wood : the northwest coast / Kari Chalker --
The body transformed : body art and adornment among prehistoric and historic northwest coast people / Martine Reid --
Northwest coast masters --
Northwest coast contemporary artists --
Dancing for rain under a turquoise sky : the southwest / Kari Chalker --
The southwest "painterly" style and its cultural context / Peter M. Whiteley --
Southwest masters --
Southwest contemporary artists.
Other Titles: Native North American jewelry arts of the Northwest and Southwest
Responsibility: Kari Chalker, general editor ; Lois S. Dubin and Peter M. Whiteley, contributing editors ; with essays by Kari Chalker ... [et al.] ; principal photography by Kiyoshi Togashi.
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"Totems to Turquoise: Native North American Jewelry Arts of the Northwest and Southwest celebrates the timeless beauty and power of the jewelry of the American Southwest and Northwest Coast, two regions with distinguished traditions of visual creation whose contemporary artists continue to work in the best of those traditions while expanding upon them to make jewelry an art form expressive of individual vision and creativity." "Lavishly illustrated, both with historical photographs and a wealth of new photography commissioned for this publication, Totems to Turquoise: Native North American Jewelry Arts of the Northwest and Southwest will be an important resource for students, scholars, designers, and indeed for anyone who loves beautiful and well-made objects. 185 illustrations, including 150 plates in full color."--BOOK JACKET.

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