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Identity by Design: Tradition, Change, and Celebration in Native Women's Dresses
by Emil Her Many Horses
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good - Fine condition
- ISBN 10
- 0061153699
- ISBN 13
- 9780061153693
- Seller
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Henderson, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
New York / Washington D.C: Collins / Smithsonian Institution, 2007. The cover is in Very Good, with only minor shelfwear and a light shadow on the back where something, probably a price sticker, was neatly removed. Sharp corners. Square and tight. FINE inside but for an ink stamp ("used") on the front free endpaper and a small crease to one corner of the rear endpaper. No owner's name or bookplate. Not a library discard. Not a remainder. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked. Beautifully illustrated throughout with mostly full color photos on glossy stock of historic Native American dresses. Published in association with the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution. Index. Bound in the original red boards, lettered in bright silver. 8.5" wide by 11" tall. From the publisher: "This beautiful book presents a fascinating array of complete women's and girls' outfits dating from the 1830s to the present, including dresses, shawls, shoes, belts, bags, fans, and hair accessories. Also included is historical and contemporary background information on Native life and Native women and their dress. To accompany a major exhibit of the same name at the NMAI in March 2007.". Oversize Hardcover. Very Good - Fine condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
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- Bookseller
- About Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029589
- Title
- Identity by Design: Tradition, Change, and Celebration in Native Women's Dresses
- Author
- Emil Her Many Horses
- Illustrator
- NOT a library discard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good - Fine condition
- ISBN 10
- 0061153699
- ISBN 13
- 9780061153693
- Publisher
- Collins / Smithsonian Institution
- Place of Publication
- New York / Washington D.C
- Date Published
- 2007
- Bookseller catalogs
- Indians / Native Americans; Art / Fine Arts / Arts & Crafts;
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Henderson, Nevada
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