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Turquoise and the Indian / by Edna Mae Bennett.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Schimmel Collection Schimmel 8239
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bennett, Edna Mae, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America--Southwest, New.
- Indians of North America.
- Indians of North America--Jewelry--Southwest, New.
- Turquoise--Southwest, New.
- Turquoise.
- Indians of North America--Clothing.
- New Southwest.
- Genre:
- Nonfiction.
- Physical Description:
- 152 pages, 26 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map, portrait ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Denver : Sage Books, [1966]
- Summary:
- Treats the significance of turquoise in the culture of the Indigenous peoples of the Southwestern United States in rituals, religion, myths, and craftsmanship.
- Contents:
- Technically speaking
- The first reports of turquoise by the Spanish
- The Indian miners
- The mines
- The Indian lapidaries
- Contemporary jewelry
- Pawn
- Jewelry today
- The many meanings of turquoise.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 142-149) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Schimmel 8239: Presented to the Penn Libraries in 2024 by Caroline F. Schimmel. Author ink autograph on half title. With dust jacket.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Bennett, Edna Mae. Turquoise and the Indian.
- OCLC:
- 1468515
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