Wanda Mines (Gardens of South America, Jungle and Waterfalls)
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Southwestern Silver Jewelry $37.28 This beautiful book examines the first century of Navajo and Pueblo metal jewelry-making in the American Southwest. Beginning in the late 1860s, the region’s native peoples learned metalworking and became accomplished silversmiths. Their work was united with a long-standing native traditon of beads and ornaments made from turquoise and other natural materials. The cross-cultural appeal of this jew… |
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Encyclopedia of Native American Jewelry: A Guide to History, People, and Terms $98.95 This new guide is the first to explore all facets of Native American jewelry—its history, variety, and quality—in one convenient resource. With coverage beginning in the mid-nineteenth century, this resource includes artists, techniques, materials, motifs, and more. The encyclopedia opens with helpful introductory essay to acquaint the reader with the subject. More than 350 entries and over 80… |
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Precolumbian Gold: Technology, Style and Iconography $192.39 Publishing papers from an international conference held in May 1996 at the Museum of Mankind to mark the opening of the exhibition “The Gilded Image: PreColumbian Gold from South and Central America”, this text includes essays on gold funerary offerings from excavations at Batan Grande, Peru; the description of recently discovered Malagana goldwork from Columbia; and an accout of gold found in arc… |