INDIAN ART IN SOUTH AMERICA: Pre-Columbian and Contemporary Arts and Crafts.

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222 pp. First edition. Considered one of the more scholarly works on South American Indian art, including the Amazon, Brazil; text in English; black and white gravure photographs; color plates tipped-in; photography by Carmelo Guadagno. Binding tight; boards clean; dust jacket pristine (enclosed in clear protector); this copy in FINE CONDITION. Oversize and heavy book will require a small additional domestic or international shipping charge. See additional images provided. Quoting the publisher: This volume presents a comprehensive and superbly illustrated survey of the arts and crafts of the Indian tribes of South America, from the earliest aesthetic expressions through the years of Spanish conquest and colonialism to the present. . . The illustrations are drawn primarily from the unsurpassed collections of the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. . . the most comprehensive survey of South American Indian arts yet published in one volume. . . Each of the 250 illustrations is accompanied by the authoritative commentary on the style and significance of the object. The introductory text presents as background a concise history of the origins and spread of the So. American Indian tribes. . . a brief discussion of the disastrous impact of the coming of the white man. Size: 29 x 26 x 3 cm. 0.0. N° de ref. del artículo 2453

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