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Synopsis
In the Southwest, where precipitation is light and undependable, Native tribes encourage the rain to fall through a variety of ceremonies and creative expressions, each with deep meanings that reflect their culture's unique experience of the world. Those meanings are vividly depicted in the stories, songs, poems, and prayers collected in Rain.
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About the Author
Ann Marshall is the director of research and interpretation at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona. Her publications include Home: Native People in the Southwest and a history of the Heard Museum's collections.
From Library Journal
This book takes an unusual approach to Native American art, one that ties it directly to the life force of the tribes of the Southwest. To Native Americans in the arid Southwest, rain means corn and corn means life. While times may have changed, the pervasive symbols of rainDdrops, rainbows, lightning, clouds, and water reptiles such as turtles and frogsDhave been used for centuries in Native art. Marshall, who has been affiliated with the Heard Museum in Phoenix for over 20 years, has gathered an impressive array of objects from that museum with the aid of advisers from five tribes of the area. The symbols come to life in the depiction of their use in ceremony, song, prayer, and everyday life. Katchina costumes, pottery, jewelry, baskets, clothing, and every part of life is decoratedDas a form of prayerDwith symbols of rain. Culturally informative and beautifully illustrated, this is as refreshing as, well, a summer rain in the desert. Suitable for extended Native American or art collections.DGay Neale, Meredithville, VA
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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