Indian Baskets of Central California

Art, Culture, and History Native American Basketry from San Francisco Bay and Monterey Bay North to Mendocino and East to the Sierras

von Ralph Shanks

176 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This unique book provides a complete study of the exquisite Native American basketry from the San Francisco Bay Area and the Monterey Bay region north to Sonoma, Napa, and Mendocino and eastward across the Sacramento Valley to the crest of the Sierras. Baskets of the Pomo, Ohlone (Costanoan), Coast Miwok, Esselen, Huchnom, Lake Miwok, Maidu, Wappo, and Yuki people are lavishly illustrated and knowledgably and sensitively described.Color photographs and drawings illustrate the rare, fine California Indian baskets from museum and private collections in the United States and Europe. The vast majority of these baskets are illustrated for the first time.

• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Gesellschaft und Kultur, allgemein Gesellschaftliche Gruppen, Gemeinschaften und Identitäten Ethnic Studies / Ethnizität Ethnische Gruppen und multikulturelle Studien Indigene Völker / Indigenität
• ISBN: 9780930268183
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 23.02.2006
• Größe: 288 x 225 mm
• Verlag: University of Washington Press
• Herausgegeben von: Lisa Woo Shanks