| Description |
xi, 328 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 312-321) and index. |
| Note |
"Catalog of an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Sept. 9-Dec. 14, 2003"--T.p. verso. |
| Contents |
Director's foreword / Phillippe de Montebello -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword / Eugene Victor Thaw -- Re-education of an art collector : from aesthetics to culture / Ralph T. Coe -- Marginality and intelligence in the collecting of Native American art / J. C. H. King -- "Full of blood, thunder and springy abandon" : history, text, and the appreciation of Native American art / Judith Ostrowitz -- Map : Major cultural areas of North America -- Catalogue / Ralph T. Coe -- 1. Prehistoric North America : the unseen past -- 2. Baskets : hand-woven architecture -- 3. Northern woodlands utilitarian objects : the inner character of wood -- 4. Indian fancies : Victorian propriety -- 5. Weapons : glorifying combat -- 6. Ritual objects and imagery : agents of the spirit world -- 7. Models : paradigms of culture in miniature -- 8. Smoke offerings : pipes and tobacco bags -- 9. Bags : beauty, mobility, and symbols of authority -- 10. Moccasins and clothing : dressed for honor, pride, and nobility -- 11. Dolls and figurines : mirrors of tribal identity -- 12. Katsinas : messengers of the gods -- 13. Southwestern pottery : from Earth to ethos -- 14. Crest displays : heraldic art of the northwest coast -- 15. Masks : healing and catharsis, myth and mystery -- 16. Boxes, bowls, and implements : making the mundane magical -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Subject |
Indian art -- Collectors and collecting -- North America -- Exhibitions.
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Indians of North America -- Material culture -- Exhibitions.
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Indians of North America -- Antiquities -- Collectors and collecting -- Exhibitions.
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Coe, Ralph T. -- Art collections -- Exhibitions.
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Coe, Ralph T. -- Ethnological collections -- Exhibitions.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) -- Exhibitions.
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| Added Author |
King, J. C. H. (Jonathan C. H.)
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Ostrowitz, Judith.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
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| ISBN |
0300101872 (Yale University Press) |
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1588390853 (hardcover) |
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1588390861 (pbk.) |
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