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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 |
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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 |
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| | 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 |
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| | 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 |
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| | 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 |
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| | 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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