Uncommon Legacies: Native American Art from the Peabody Essex Museum - Softcover

Grimes, John R.; Feest, Christian F.; Curran, Mary Lou

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1885444230 ISBN 13: 9781885444233

Publisher: Amer Federation of Arts, 2004

Synopsis

pp. 5 272.""Uncommon Legacies" celebrates the power, significance, and exceptional artistic quality of one of the most important collections of early Native American art. Assembled in the course of trade and missionary activities beginning in the late eighteenth century, the spectacular examples illustrated provide a rare opportunity to observe the creativity of Native artists in...

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About the Author

John R. Grimes is curator of Native American art and culture at the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts. Christian F. Feest is professor of anthropology at the University of Frankfurt, Germany. Mary Lou Curran is an associate curator at the Peabody Essex Museum. Other contributors include Thomas "Red Owl" Haukaas, Richard W. Hill Sr., Doreen Jensen, Duane H. King, Karen Kramer, Gerald McMaster, Peter L. Macnair, Ramior Matos, and Jay Stewart.

From Library Journal

In the glorious period of great sailing ships, New England mariners brought back treasures from far lands. The Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA, grew out of the East India Marine Society's desire, in 1799, to protect such "curiosities" in a museum. Later additions, including modern Native American works, have since filled out the collection. This book commemorates the opening of a new permanent gallery for Native American art. Three excellent essays introduce the history of collecting in general, the growth of collections of Native Americana, and the evolution of the Peabody Essex. Another essay on modern Native American art points the way to the future. Following are 119 glowing plates of the individual objects, with extensive notes on each. Each geographic area represented is defined with a short essay. Though limited to one collection with some thin spots (e.g., there's little pottery or Southwest work, and not much from the Northeast tribes, who evidently seemed too commonplace to 18th- and 19th-century New Englanders), this is a good overview of Native American art. For larger public school libraries and art collections. Gay Neale, formerly with Southside Virginia Community Coll. Lib., Alta.
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Edition details

• Publisher: Amer Federation of Arts
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1885444230
• ISBN 13: 9781885444233
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 272