The Extraordinary in the Ordinary: Textiles and Objects from the Collections of Lloyd Cotsen and the Neutrogena Corporation: Works in Cloth, Ceramic, Wood, Metal, Straw, and Paper from Cultures throughout the World

280 pages, colour illustrations; 32 cm. Photography by Pat Pollard. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! Additional shipping charges may be requested for international & priority orders. Richly illustrated with colour plates. *** "Incorporating European embroideries, African weavings, kites and posters, hats and soft sculpture, hand tools, and many other items, this book celebrates the extraordinary originality of textiles and objects that people have created to adorn themselves and their homes for religious purposes and to express their thoughts, feelings, hopes and dreams. The 250 works depicted were sought out and assembled by Lloyd Cotsen, former chairman of the Neutrogena Corporation. They are among the highlights of Cotsen's enormous collection, and serve as an introduction to the display of over 2500 works on view in the Neutrogena Wing of the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe, which opened in August 1998." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: Looking behind my eye, by Lloyd Cotsen; A collector's pleasure, by Mary Hunt Kahlenberg; Japan, by Reiko Mochinaga Brandon; China, by John Vollmer; South and Southeast Asia, by Mary Hunt Kahlenberg; Western Asia, by John T. Wertime; Mediterranean, by Irene A. Bierman; Europe, by Mary Hunt Kahlenberg; Africa- sub-Sahara, by Enid Schildkrout; Africa- Congo, by Monni Adams; Andes, by William J. Conklin; Latin America, by Barbara Mauldin; American Indian, by Mary Hunt Kahlenberg; North America, by Sandi Fox. Size: Folio.…