| Description |
176 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-166) and index. |
| Contents |
Turquoise, Water, Sky -- Turquoise and Blue-Green in the Distant Past -- Water and Sky: The Meaning of Turquoise -- Tradition and Innovation: Pueblo Use of Turquoise -- Protection and Health: Navajo Use of Turquoise -- Into the Future: Contemporary Forms. |
| Summary |
This book provides an overview of the uses of turquoise in native arts of the Southwest, beginning with the earliest people who mined and processed the stone for use in jewelry, on decorative objects, and as a powerful element in ceremony. In the past, as now, turquoise was valued for its color and beauty but also for its symbolic nature: sky, water, health, protection, abundance. The book traces historical and contemporary jewelry made by Navajo, Zuni, Hopi, and Santo Domingo artisans, and the continuously inventive ways the stone has been worked. |
| Subject |
Turquoise -- Southwest, New.
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Symbolism -- Southwest, New.
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Indian decoration and ornament -- Southwest, New.
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Indian decoration and ornament. (OCoLC)fst01736752
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Symbolism. (OCoLC)fst01140749
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Turquoise. (OCoLC)fst01159668
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Southwest, New. (OCoLC)fst01244556
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Iwi taketake.
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| Local Subject |
Indigenous decoration and ornament -- Southwest, New.
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| Added Author |
Altshuler, Ross E., author.
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Clark, Blair, photographer.
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| ISBN |
9780890136041 (paperbound ; alk. paper) |
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0890136041 (paperbound ; alk. paper) |
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