Three Centuries of Woodlands Indian Art

A Collection of Essays

• Author(s): Jonathan C. H. King, Christian F. Feest,
• Publisher: ZKF Publishers
• Pages: 200
• ISBN_10: 3981162005
  ISBN_13: 9783981162004
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Art / History / General , Art / Asian / Indian & South Asian , Art / Indigenous Art of the Americas , History / Social History , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / Native American Studies , Social Science / Indigenous Studies ,

Description:... The art and objects of the Indians of the Eastern Woodlands, past and present, are given full attention in this lavishly illustrated volume. Leading scholars from Europe and North America discuss the cultural significance of Native art and objects as well as examine the composition and history of particularly distinctive museum collections. Subjects include traditional and contemporary Iroquois art, war clubs, captains' coats, the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, and famous collections in Scotland and Germany as well as at the Musée d'Yverdon, the Manchester Museum, and the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology.