Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Physical description: 128 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 124-125) and index. Contents: Preface / Adam Mekler -- The Amazon Today / Barbara Braun -- Arts of the Amazon / Peter G. Roe -- 1. Pottery: Forms that Endure -- 2. Basketry: Inspired by the Dragon -- 3. Textiles: The Spider's Loom -- 4. Hard Carvings: A Question of Gender -- 5. Featherwork: Gift of the Birds -- 6. Body Decoration: Marked for Life -- 7. Art as Performance -- Map of the Amazon region. Subject: Indian art Amazon River Region; Indian featherwork Amazon River Region; Indian art; Indian featherwork; Amazon River Region Costume; Amazon River Region Art; Basketwork; Art, South American; South American ceramics; Textiles South America; Art South America; Indian pottery Amazon River Region; Indian art South America; Folk art Amazon River Region. 3 Kg.

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Title: Arts of the Amazon
Publisher: New York : Thames and Hudson
Publication Date: 1995
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0500278245
ISBN 13: 9780500278246
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: 1st edition.
Weight: 3 kilograms

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Describes and illustrates examples of the arts produced by Indians of the Amazon rain forest, including both ceremonial and utilitarian objects ranging from feather headdresses and body ornaments to ceramic sculptures and fine basketry

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The plight of the rain forests of the Amazon basin is well known, yet the people who live there, and their decorative arts, are relatively anonymous. Arts of the Amazon, edited by art historian Barbara Braun with text by anthropologist Peter G. Roe, addresses this gap with a collection of 192 illustrations, most in color, displaying fine basketry, masks, ceramic sculpture and vibrant feather-work headdresses, armbands and more. (Thames & Hudson)
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