NATIVE ARTS OF NORTH AMERICA -updated edition [SOLD]

NATIVE ARTS OF NORTH AMERICA -updated edition

by Christian F. Feest

Publisher: Thames and Hudson, New York

Soft cover, first published in 1980, updated and published in 1992

216 pages, 193 illustrations in color and black and white

Condition: very good condition but with some underlining in text

From the Publisher

“The craftsmanship of the native North American peoples is now regarded as art of a high order, yet not until the early twentieth century did it become the subject of aesthetic discussion.  The varied and vital forms of Indian artifacts—from the totem poles of the Northwest Coast to the rock engravings of the Anasazi—create an extraordinary record of native traditions and their subtle interactions with European influence.  Classifying surviving works by material and technique, the author covers a huge field—a thousand tribes and about 200 languages. 

“The works described and illustrated are outstanding examples, and range from an Arapaho Ghost Dance dress to Buffalo Meat’s self-portrait, from Seminole appliqué work of the 1890s to a Tlingit spoon carved from mountain goat horn; all of them works of art that testify to a vast field of human achievement.  For this edition, the author has supplied a new epilog and a completely rewritten updated bibliography.”