Americas

 


Anton, Ferdinand. THE ART OF ANCIENT PERU. Lives and religions of the Incas. BNo. 78-174738.

First American Edition, 1978. Pp: 368; 310mm x 235mm; 2.48kg. 55 col, 289 b/w, 2 maps.

Introduction, bibliography, acknowledgments. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. G.P.

Putman's Sons, New York, 1972. (This book tells the story of the mysterious Inca and other peoples of

ancient Peru and provides insight to their lives and religions.) (Keywords: Chavin Cult, Huari Empire,

Moche, huacas, Mochica, Yupanqui, Tiahuanaco).

Book Code: E150 AU $120


Appleton, Leroy H. AMERICAN INDIAN DESIGN & DECORATION (formerly titled: Indian Art of the

Americas). BNo. 0-486-22704-9. Reprint Edition, 1971 (1950) (pb). Pp: x, 277; 285mm x 210mm;

0.72kg. 31 col fig, 670 fig, 1 map. Preface, introdution, bibliography, index stories, index plates. A very

good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Dover Publications Inc, New York, 1974. (Original and powerful design

art from the Western Hemisphere.) (Keywords: Tribal art, Americas, Indian, Tiahuannaco, Chimu,

Maya, Aztec, Zuni, Hopi, Dakota, Haida, Sioux).

Book Code: K459 AU $35


Burland, Cottie. NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN MYTHOLOGY. Gods of the 'Power Above' and the 'Earth

Mother'. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1965. Pp: 153; 280mm x 205mm; 0.87kg. 26 col, 131 b/w, 19 fig, 7

maps. Author's note, introduction, further reading list, acknowledgments, index. A good copy in dust

wrapper. Cvr: g; dw: g. Paul Hamlyn Limited, London, 1965. (Common sources of myths are related to

ancestor spirits, fertility spirits,and stars and seasons. The author has chosen myths from older

sources as reflecting the Indian feeling more acuracy) (Keywords: Mythology, shaman, ancestral

spirits, totem, potlatch, fertility, wampum, Nuptadi, Montezuma, kachina, Powamu).

Book Code: H171 AU $30


Bushnell, G.H.S. ANCIENT ARTS OF THE AMERICAS. Pre-Columbian Civilizations. BNo. n/a. First

Edition, 1965. Pp: 288; 210mm x 150mm; 0.78kg. 48 col, 204 b/w & fig, 2 maps. Introduction,

chronology, bibliography, index. A good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: g; dw: g. Thames and Hudson,

London, 1965. (This survey covers an area ranging from Wisconsin to Argentina and spans in time the

four millennia from 2500 BC to the arrival in the New World of the Conquistadors. In addition to a

discussion of the great Pre-Columbian civilisations of Mexico and Peru, the author considers many of

the lesser known achievements of peoples) (Keywords: Cultural history, archaeology, Americas,

American Indian, Maya, Aztecs, Incas).

Book Code: N018 AU $24


Fagg, William (editor). ESKIMO ART - in the British Museum. BNo. 7141-1534-7. First Edition, 1972

(pb). Pp: 48; 210mm x 210mm; 0.14kg. 1 col, 43 b/w, 2 fig, 1 map. Introduction, a short bibliography. A

good paperback copy. wrp: g. Trustees of the British Museum, London, 1972. (After an introduction

outlining the distribution of the Eskimo the implements used in arts and manufacture are decribed. The

text is supported with illustrations of masks, spearthrowers, tobacco pipes, sculptured fires and many

others) (Keywords: Ethnology, North America, Greenland, Alaska, Eskimo, Angmagssalik, Aleut).

Book Code: K081 AU $20


Feder, Norman. TWO HUNDRED YEARS OF NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN ART. Exhibition for the

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. BNo. 70-176395. First Edition, 1970 (pb). Pp: xxxi, 128;

245mm x 190mm; 0.42kg. 8 col, 150 b/w. Preface, introduction, bibliography. A good paperback copy

(minor wear and vertical crease on front wrap). Wrp: g. Praeger Publishers, New York, 1970. (This

catalogue concentrates on the 'historic' period of American Indian art covering the land mass north of

Mexico) (Keywords: Ethnology, Songish, Quinault, Wasco, Kwakiutl, Tshimshian, Tlingit, Eskimo,

Sioux, Zuni, Navaho, Mohave).

Book Code: K363 AU $25

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