Indigenous beauty : masterworks of American Indian art from the Diker collection / David W. Penney ; with contributions by Janet Catherine Berlo, Bruce Bernstein, Barbara Brotherton, Joe D. Horse Capture, and Susan Secakuku.

• Foreword / Charles and Valerie Diker -- Acknowledgments / Pauline Willis -- Indigenous beauty : an introduction to the Diker collection / David W. Penney -- Sculpture and formline design of the Northwest Coast / Babara Brotherton -- Salish sculpture of the southern Northwest Coast / Barbara Brotherton -- Ancient ivories from the Bering Strait region / David W. Penney -- Yup'ik and Alutiiq masks from the Alaskan Arctic / Janet Catherine Berlo -- Western baskets / Bruce Bernstein -- Katsina dolls of the Hopi and Zuni pueblos / Susan Secakuku -- Southwestern pottery / Bruce Bernstein -- Pictographic arts of the Plains / Janet Catherine Berlo -- Plains regalia and design / Joe D. Horse Capture -- Sculptural objects from the eastern Woodlands / David W. Penney -- Eastern regalia and ornament / David W. Penney.

• Accompanying a major exhibition, this stunning volume serves as an introduction to North American Indian art and a rare opportunity to see this comprehensive and superb private collection. A glorious testament to the infinite beauty, diversity, and historical significance of Native American culture, this book presents outstanding examples of art made by tribes across the North American continent. This aesthetically rich and inclusive collection offers a broad view of American Indian art, including sculpture from the Northwest Coast; ancient ivories from the Bering Strait region; Yup'ik and Alutiiq masks from the Western Arctic; Katsina dolls from the Southwest Pueblos; Southwest pottery; sculptural objects from the Eastern Woodlands; Eastern regalia; Plains regalia and pictographic arts; and Western baskets. David Penney's introduction and texts by other renowned experts offer insight into the visual and material diversity of the collection, providing a greater understanding of the social and cultural worlds from which these works came. This magnificent survey is both an invaluable resource and a visual pleasure. 

Ämnesord

Konst av amerikanska urfolk  (sao)

Nordamerikanska urfolk  (sao)

Antikviteter  (sao)

Föremålssamlingar  (sao)

Indian art  -- North America -- Exhibitions. (LCSH)

Indians of North America  -- Material culture -- Exhibitions. (LCSH)

Indian art.  (fast)

Art  -- Private collections. (fast)

Indians of North America  -- Material culture. (fast)

Collectibles  (LCSH)

Indian art  (LCSH)

Antiques  (LCSH)

Indians of North America  (LCSH)

North America.  (fast)

Genre

Exhibition catalogs.  (fast)

Exhibition catalogs.  (lcgft)

Personnamn

Diker, Charles -- Art collections -- Exhibitions.

Diker, Valerie -- Art collections -- Exhibitions.

Diker, Charles.

Diker, Valerie.

Diker, Charles.

Diker, Valerie.

Klassifikation

E98.A7 (LCC)

709.11 (DDC)

Ib (kssb/8 (machine generated))