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The Art of Native American Basketry: A Living Legacy
by Porter, Frank W
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG (ex-library with labels and stamps on spine, block, inside front and rear covers and title page verso. Light shelfwear, pages
- ISBN 10
- 0313267162
- ISBN 13
- 9780313267161
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Greenwood Press, 1990. Hardcover. VG (ex-library with labels and stamps on spine, block, inside front and rear covers and title page verso. Light shelfwear, pages are very clean and clear.). Tan cloth boards with burgundy lettering and design; xii, 350 pp, bw illustrations. Contents: Micmac Indian basketry / Joleen Gordon -- Many motives : change in northeastern native basket making / Ann McMullen -- Basketry of the Middle Atlantic and Southeast / Frank W. Porter III -- Plains Indian basketry / Mary Jane Schneider -- Basketry of the northwestern plateaus / G. Lynette Miller -- Washoe basketweaving / Marvin Cohodas -- Southwestern Indian basketry / Clara Lee Tanner -- Weaver's talk, the language of baskets and the meaning of aesthetic judgments : the Patwin of Central California / Bruce Bernstein -- Changes in Cahuilla coiled basketry / Joanne M. Mack -- Hupa, Karok and Yurok basketry / Linda L. Eisenhart -- Continuity and change in the basketry of western Washington / Carolyn J. Marr -- Regional and personal style in Northwest Coast basketry / Andrea Laforet.; (Cont) Tlingit basketry, 1750-1950 / Ronald L. Weber -- Objects of knowledge : the communicative aspect of Baleen baskets / Molly Lee -- The influence of Attu weavers on Aleut basketry / Raymond L. Hudson.
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- Seller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 184606
- Title
- The Art of Native American Basketry: A Living Legacy
- Author
- Porter, Frank W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG (ex-library with labels and stamps on spine, block, inside front and rear covers and title page verso. Light shelfwear, pages
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0313267162
- ISBN 13
- 9780313267161
- Publisher
- Greenwood Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- American Decorative Arts ; Indian baskets; North American Indians ; ;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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Columbia, Pennsylvania
About Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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