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American Indian design and decoration / Le Roy H. Appleton.
Penn Museum Library E59.A7 A65 1971
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Appleton, LeRoy H.
- Series:
- Dover pictorial archive series
- Dover books on folk art and crafts
- The Dover pictorial archive series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indian art.
- Indian mythology.
- Genre:
- Nonfiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Fritz, John M. (donor) |5 PU
- Physical Description:
- viii, 277 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm.
- Other Title:
- Originally published in 1950 under title: Indian art of the Americas
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Dover Publications, 1971.
- Summary:
- Study of the design art produced by a variety of Indian tribes in the Western Hemisphere and used in basketry, weaving, pottery, weapons, jewelry, and other forms. Includes 700 examples of artwork with discussion of the lore and tradition behind the designs.
- Contents:
- The plains and the lakes
- The forest and the rivers
- The forest and the sea
- Mountain and mesa
- The valley, the peninsula and the isthmus
- The coast and the mountains
- Pampas, jungles and islands.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-269).
- Local Notes:
- Presented to the Penn Libraries by John M. Fritz.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Appleton, LeRoy H. American Indian design and decoration.
- ISBN:
- 0486227049
- 9780486227047
- OCLC:
- 139708
- Online:
- Publisher description
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